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IN RE ALAKA W.

No. 3-07-0172.

884 N.E.2d 241 (2008)

In re ALAKA W., Asserted to be a Person Subject to Involuntary Admission (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Alaka W., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

March 4, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Szczepaniak, Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Tinley Park (Court-appointed), Veronique Baker, Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, Chicago, for Alaka W.

Terry A. Mertel, Deputy Director, Thomas D. Arado, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, James Glasgow, State's Attorney, Joliet, for the People.

Presiding Justice McDADE delivered the opinion of the court:

In March 2007 the circuit court of Will County entered an order finding that respondent, Alaka W., is a person subject to involuntary admission and that she be hospitalized in Silver Cross Hospital. The court also ordered that respondent shall receive psychotropic medication for a period not to exceed 90 days. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

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