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MATTER OF DETENTION OF L.K.

No. 53377-4-II.

471 P.3d 975 (2020)

In the MATTER OF the DETENTION OF L.K.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Filed September 1, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Katherine Young High , Attorney at Law, Jennifer Vickers Freeman , Department of Assigned Counsel Market St. Ste. 334, Tacoma, WA, 98402-3696, Nicole Lea Beges , Attorney at Law, 9601 Steilacoom Blvd. Sw, Bldg. 25, Lakewood, WA, 98498-7213, for Appellant(s).

Eric Nelson , Attorney General of Washington, 7141 Cleanwater Drive Sw, Po Box 40124, Olympia, WA, 98504-0124, for Respondent.

PUBLISHED OPINION

¶ 1 Former RCW 71.05.215 (2018) establishes an involuntarily committed person's right to refuse antipsychotic medication and requires that the State attempt to obtain such a person's informed consent to treatment. The State is not relieved of this obligation merely because a physician believes an attempt...

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