Legal Opinion
Guardianship of Doe
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 3, 1984PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
On December 28, 1982, the ward was involuntarily committed to Boumewood Hospital (Boumewood), and in January, 1983, the Probate Court entered an order appointing the ward’s father temporary guardian. She was still in the hospital 1 on August 17, 1983, when the Probate Court appointed the ward’s father permanent guardian.
The petition for involuntary commitment in this case was not filed under the provisions of G. L. c. 123, 2 but under an alternative commitment procedure, G. L. c. 201, § 14. This statute empowers the Probate Court to appoint temporary guardians with authority to commit and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mills v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Hashimi v. KalilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Rubie Rogers, and Cross-Appellants v. Robert Okin, M.D., and Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Superintendent of Worcester State Hospital v. HagbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Rogers v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Acting Superintendent of Bournewood Hospital v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Newton-Wellesley Hospital v. MagriniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- In re E.C.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Pembroke Hospital v. D.L.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
- Guardianship of SmithMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
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