MATTER OF SUSAN K. v. HAMILTON

2023-02609 Index No. 35294/22.

222 A.D.3d 755 (2023)

201 N.Y.S.3d 220

2023 NY Slip Op 06369

In the Matter of Susan K., Appellant. Robin M. Hamilton, Respondent.

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

Decided December 13, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Garden City, NY ( Michael D. Neville , Laura Rothschild , Dennis B. Feld , and Ana Vuk-Pavlovic of counsel), for appellant.

Letitia James , Attorney General, New York, NY ( Barbara D. Underwood and Ester Murdukhayeva of counsel), for respondent.

Iannacci, J.P., Miller, Wan and Landicino, JJ., concur.


In a proceeding for permission to administer a course of medication to a patient without her consent, Susan K. appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Rolf M. Thorsen, J.), dated December 19, 2022. The order, after a hearing, granted the petition.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Rockland County, for a new hearing and a new determination of the petition...

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