Christine Q. Q. v. Capital District Psychiatric Center

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Trial Term (Conway, J.), entered December 13, 1984 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.39 for release from respondent’s confinement.

On the evening of November 26,1984, petitioner was involuntarily admitted to respondent under the emergency provision of Mental Hygiene Law § 9.39. On December 6,1984, petitioner, in an effort to obtain her release, petitioned for a court hearing pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.39 (a). A hearing date was set for December 11, 1984. In the interim, petitioner…