In re A.A.

WILLIAMS, P.J.Ch.

This matter comes before the court on an application from Carrier Clinic to administer electro-convulsive therapy (hereinafter ECT) to A.A., using the consent of her daughter C.M. who was named as A.A.’s decision maker under a living will. The living will was drafted on January 25, 2005. A.A.’s other children also support this decision. Carrier Clinic is a non-profit psychiatric hospital and the only facility in the state that administers ECT involuntarily. A.A. is an involuntarily committed patient who suffers from severe depression with psychotic features. The attorney for…