In re Kendall B.

The petitioner, Kenneth M. Glatt, the Director of Community Services for Dutchess County, filed a petition seeking to direct *992Kendall B. to participate in assisted outpatient treatment (hereinafter AOT). The petition, which was filed on April 18, 2012, alleged that Kendall B. suffers from schizophrenia, had a history of noncompliance with treatment, refused to take medication, could not survive in the community without supervision, and needed medication to prevent further deterioration.

Mental Hygiene Law § 9.60 was enacted to provide “a system of [AOT] pursuant to which psychiatric patients…