IN THE MATTER OF GAIL R.

2009-02840.

67 A.D.3d 808 (2009)

891 N.Y.S.2d 411

2009 NY Slip Op 08234

In the Matter of GAIL R., Appellant; CHARLES BARRON, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided November 10, 2009.


Ordered that the order and judgment is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed.

Mental Hygiene Law § 9.60, commonly known as Kendra's Law, was enacted to provide "a system of assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) pursuant to which psychiatric patients unlikely to survive safely in the community without supervision may avoid hospitalization by complying with court-ordered mental health treatment...

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