Legal Opinion
In re Dyarman
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
Decided February 12, 2001No. 01-0684 Civil TermPublished
1Opinion of the Court
OLER, J.,
These cases, filed under the Mental Health Procedures Act and the guardianship provisions of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code, involve a woman named Cheryl I. Dyarman *251who has become a quadriplegic as the result of an irreversible and progressive illness known as demyelinating disease. The object of the petitions presented to the court was to subject Ms. Dyarman involuntarily to electroconvulsive (i.e., electroshock) treatments for depression.
The petitioner under the Mental Health Procedures Act was Robert L. O’Brien, Esq., solicitor for the Cumberland/Perry Mental Health and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- In Re FioriSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare, Farview State Hospital v. KallingerCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Spaw v. SpringerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Moriens v. Albert Einstein HospitalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1987