WALDEN BEHAVIORAL CARE v. K.I.

No. SJC-11704.

471 Mass. 150 (2015)

WALDEN BEHAVIORAL CARE v. K.I.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 9, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stan Goldman for the respondent.

Diane M. Geraghty Hall for the petitioner.

Jennifer Honig , Phillip Kassel , Robert Fleischner, & Stan Eichner, for Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


Walden Behavioral Care, a facility for the treatment of mentally ill patients, brought a petition in the District Court pursuant to G. L. c. 123, §§ 7, 8, seeking to commit K.I. involuntarily and retain him in its facility. K.I. filed a motion in limine to exclude from the commitment hearing testimony concerning statements he...

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