Legal Opinion

In re R.K. Replaces opinion filed 1/17/03 which has been withdrawn

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 21, 2003No. 1-01-1641 RelPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE O’BRIEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial pursuant to a petition seeking involuntary medication of respondent R.K., an involuntary patient at Tinley Park Mental Health Center, the trial court found respondent subject to involuntary medication with psychotropic drugs for a period not to exceed 90 days. Respondent contends that the trial court erred in granting the petition where she was neither suffering nor experiencing deterioration in her ability to function, where she was capable of making a reasoned decision concerning her own treatment and where…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. Barbara H.Illinois Supreme Court · 1998
  2. People v. TumanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
  3. People v. Jennifer H.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2002

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. R.C.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2003
  2. In Re RKAppellate Court of Illinois · 2003
  3. In re Rob W.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2021
  4. In Re RCAppellate Court of Illinois · 2003

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