In re Pamela S.

In a proceeding for permission to administer electroconvulsive therapy to a patient without her consent, the patient appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Berry, J.), dated January 11, 2001, which, after a hearing, granted the petition to the extent of authorizing the petitioner to administer electroconvulsive therapy to the patient one to three times per week for a maximum of six weeks. By decision and order of this Court dated May 1, 2001, the order appealed from was stayed pending determination of the appeal.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law and the facts,…