Legal Opinion
Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 28, 1977PublishedCited by 304 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
On April 26,1976, William E. Jones, superintendent of the Belchertown State School (a facility of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health), and Paul R. Rogers, a staff attorney at the school, petitioned the Probate Court for Hampshire County for the appointment of a guardian of Joseph Saikewicz, a resident of the State school. Simultaneously they filed a motion for the immediate appointment of a guardian ad litem, with authority to make the necessary decisions concerning the care and treatment of Saikewicz, who was suffering with acute myeloblastic monocytic leukemia. The petition…
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