Dinardo v. State

VAN NORTWICK, Judge.

Ralph Dinardo, a forensic patient committed to a state mental health facility, appeals an order authorizing the Florida Department of Children and Families to provide him involuntary treatment, consisting of the administration of stated quantities of the psychotropic medications, Clozaril, Olanzaphine, Ativan and Cogen-tin, which the trial court found essential to the care of the appellant’s mental illness. Because the record contains competent, substantial evidence sufficient to establish the necessity for the authorized treatment pursuant to section 916.107(3), Florida…