Brown v. Rudy

Beckering, J. (concurring in part and dissenting in part).

One of our most treasured rights as adults is the freedom of association: the ability to spend time with whatever group or person we desire. But what happens when we are no longer cognitively able to discern for ourselves who is a friend and who is a foe, even though both may be sweet and endearing? This case is about the propriety of a personal protection order (PPO) issued against respondent, Michael Rudy, to protect petitioner, Kay Windram Brown, from her own vulnerability to manipulation and exploitation due to Alzheimer's disease.…