MATTER OF GUTTMACHER

217 CA 19-00460.

181 A.D.3d 1313 (2020)

120 N.Y.S.3d 545

2020 NY Slip Op 01989

In the Matter of Laurence Guttmacher, M.D., Clinical Director of Rochester Psychiatric Center, Respondent, for an Order Authorizing the Involuntary Treatment of James M., Appellant.

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

Decided March 20, 2020.


It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking, inter alia, authorization to administer antipsychotic and mood-stabilizing medications to respondent over his objection pursuant to the parens patriae power of the State of New York (see Matter of Sawyer [R.G.], 68 A.D.3d 1734, 1734-1735 [4th Dept 2009]; see generally Rivers...

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