In re Weinstock

OPINION OF THE COURT

Anthony J. Cutrona, J.

Hearings were held in this court on October 17, 2001 and October 24, 2001 regarding petitioner’s application for an order pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.60, granting Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) for the respondent, Shali K.

*144The court reserved decision after the hearing in order to consider Mental Hygiene Legal Service’s argument made during closing argument that the respondent’s refusal to take medication during his most recent hospitalization was not the predicate noncompliance required by the statute before a patient can be a subject of an…