Legal Opinion
In re D.K.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 27, 2019No. 18-P-328PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtWendlandt, J.
*95*1220This is an appeal from a decision and order of the Appellate Division of the District Court, affirming an order of involuntary civil commitment for mental illness issued by a District Court judge pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 16 (b ). The question on appeal centers on whether the evidence was sufficient to establish a "likelihood of serious harm," as defined in G. L. c. 123, § 1. To answer this question, we apply principles regarding the temporal nature of evidence upon which this probabilistic assessment may rely.
In particular, the petitioner, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital…
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- G.E.B. v. S.R.W.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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