IN RE RITA P.

No. 115798.

10 N.E.3d 854 (2014)

2014 IL 115798

381 Ill. Dec. 445

In re RITA P. (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Rita P., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and James D. Owens , State's Attorney, of Wyoming ( Michael A. Scodro and Carolyn E. Shapiro , Solicitors General, and Michael M. Glick and Erin M. O'Connell , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), and Patrick Delfino , Terry A. Mertel and Gary F. Gnidovec , of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Ottawa for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier , Peter A. Carusona and Andrew J. Boyd , of the office of State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice THEIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 On September 2, 2011, the Cook County circuit court entered an order authorizing the involuntary treatment of respondent, Rita P., with psychotropic medication. On appeal, respondent argued that the treatment order must be reversed because the trial court failed to comply with section 3-816(a) of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Mental Health Code) (405...

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