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IN RE C.S.

No. 1-07-1387.

890 N.E.2d 1007 (2008)

In re C.S., a Person Subject to Involuntary Treatment (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. C.S., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 16, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Krasuski, Staff Attorney, and Veronique Baker, Director, of Legal Advocacy Service, a division of the Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, Hines, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (James F. Fitzgerald, Douglas P. Harvath and Monica R. George, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.

Presiding Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent C.S. appeals an order of the trial court, granting the State's petition for the involuntary administration of psychotropic medications. The court signed the order even though it included haloperidol (Haldol) as a primary medication and despite uncontradicted evidence that respondent twice had suffered severe side effects after receiving Haldol. We reverse.

The record shows respondent was...

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