MATTER OF BEVERLY F. v. CREEDMOOR PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

2016-12875. Index No. 501506/16.

150 A.D.3d 998 (2017)

55 N.Y.S.3d 331

2017 NY Slip Op 03949

In the Matter of BEVERLY F., Appellant. CREEDMOOR PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, Respondent.

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

Decided May 17, 2017.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The State may administer a course of medical treatment against a patient's will if it establishes, by clear and convincing evidence, that the patient lacks "the capacity to make a reasoned decision with respect to proposed treatment," and that "the proposed treatment is narrowly tailored to give substantive effect to the patient's liberty interest, taking into consideration all relevant circumstances...

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