MATTER OF HARVEY S.


38 A.D.3d 908 (2007)

833 N.Y.S.2d 171

In the Matter of HARVEY S., Appellant. ROCKLAND PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided March 27, 2007.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.33, the Supreme Court may authorize the retention of a patient in a hospital for involuntary psychiatric care upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the patient is mentally ill and in need of further care and treatment, and that the patient poses a substantial threat of physical harm to himself or others (see Matter of Marie H.,

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