IN RE DENETRA P.

No. 4-07-0372.

904 N.E.2d 44 (2008)

382 Ill. App.3d 538

In re DENETRA P., a Person Found Subject to Authorized Involuntary Treatment (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Denetra P., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

May 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia Z. Tracy, of Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, Peoria, and Veronique Baker, of Guardianship & Advocacy, Chicago, for appellant.

John P. Schmidt, State's Attorney, Springfield (Norbert J. Goetten, Robert J. Biderman, and John E. Teefey, all of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Presiding Justice APPLETON delivered the opinion of the court:

A psychiatrist at McFarland Mental Health Center, Aura M. Eberhardt, petitioned for authority for the involuntary administration of psychotropic medications to respondent, Denetra P. See 405 ILCS 5/2-107.1 (West 2006). After an evidentiary hearing in which Eberhardt and respondent testified, the trial court granted the petition. We reverse the judgment because the petition lacks any allegation that Eberhardt...

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