In re Buttonow

Chief Judge Fuld.

Josephine Buttonow, an adjudicated incompetent, 39 years old, was admitted to Central Islip State Hospital as an involuntary patient, under an order of certification of the County Court of Suffolk County in 1961. Five years \ later, in October of 1966, following an interview and examination by a supervising psychiatrist at the hospital, Mrs. Buttonow filed a “ voluntary application to remain in the hospital ”, thereby *388converting her status from an involuntary to a voluntary patient, pursuant to recent amendments of section 71 of the Mental Hygiene Law.

Her committee, who…