MATTER OF SAMUEL D.

2018-06434, Index No. 151091/11.

171 A.D.3d 1172 (2019)

97 N.Y.S.3d 233

2019 NY Slip Op 03045

In the Matter of Samuel D., Appellant. Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center, Respondent.

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

Decided April 24, 2019.


Ordered that the order is modified, on the facts, by deleting the provisions thereof authorizing the administration of Valproic Acid and Benztropine; as so modified, the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In or around November 2017, the petitioner commenced this proceeding for authorization to administer a course of medication to Samuel D., a patient at a secure psychiatric facility, without his consent. Following a hearing, the Supreme Court issued...

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