In re Bolduc

This is a Dist/Mun. Cts. RAD.A, Rule 8A, appeal by respondent Helen Bolduc (“Bolduc”) of the denial of her motion to dismiss a G.L.c. 123, §7 petition for her commitment to McLean Hospital (“McLean”). The petition was filed in response to Ms. Bolduc’s G.L.c. 123, §11 three day notice of her intention to leave that mental health facility at which she had been retained on a conditional voluntary basis. The sole question raised by the motion to dismiss is whether Ms. Bolduc’s Health Care Proxy Agent ever had the authority to apply for the conditional voluntary hospital admission on Ms. Bolduc’s…