Superintendent of Medfield State Hospital v. Bryan

This proceeding involves a petition to establish a report brought by the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee seeking review of the dismissal of a petition by the Superintendent of Medfield State Hospital for the commitment of Tracy Bryan, as a mentally ill person under the provisions of G.L. c. 123, §§ 7 & 8.

It appears that Tracy Bryan, a seventeen year old, had been signed into Medfield State Hospital by her mother under the terms of G.L.c. 123, § 10 (a) (2). Sometime thereafter, Tracy Bryan gave a three-day notice under the provisions of G.L. c. 123, § 11, of her intention to leave the…