MATTER OF THOMAS G.


50 A.D.3d 1139 (2008)

857 N.Y.S.2d 631

In the Matter of THOMAS G., Respondent. PILGRIM PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, Appellant.

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

Decided April 29, 2008.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs or disbursements, and the petition is granted.

Contrary to the determination of the Supreme Court, the respondent patient, Thomas G., is a person "in need of involuntary care and treatment" (Mental Hygiene Law § 9.01). 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...

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