In re Dolan

OPINION OF THE COURT

Gary F. Knobel, J.

Respondent’s oral application for an order appointing an “independent” psychiatrist, at state or county expense, to evaluate the respondent, and appear at the adjourned hearing in this proceeding to “rebut” the testimony of the psychiatrist who examined the respondent on behalf of the petitioner, is denied.

This is a proceeding held pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.60 to determine whether the respondent should receive continued assisted outpatient treatment (AOT). The hearing on the petition at bar has been adjourned to July 10, 2012, to allow the court…