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IN THE MATTER OF G.P.

No. SJC-11911.

473 Mass. 112 (2015)

IN THE MATTER OF G.P.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 5, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Grant ( Robert H. Weber with her) for the petitioner.

Julia Kobick , Assistant Attorney General, for the respondent.

Sandra J. Staub & Robert D. Fleischner , for Mental Health Legal Advisors & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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

We consider here questions concerning proceedings under G. L. c. 123, § 35 (§ 35), a statute that authorizes the involuntary civil commitment of a person, for care and treatment, where there is a likelihood of serious harm as a result of the person's alcoholism or substance abuse, or both. In May, 2015, a District Court judge...

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