Legal Opinion
Guardianship of Weedon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 17, 1991PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
At issue is the validity of a substituted judgment order dated 1984 authorizing forcible administration of antipsychotic drugs, issued pursuant to G. L. c. 201, § 6 (1988 ed.). The parties agree that the substituted judgment order terminated during the course of these proceedings 1 because a Probate and Family Court judge determined that the appellant was competent. The judge discharged the appellant’s guardian, although he did not act on a motion to terminate the order. The appellee, the Department of Mental Health, asks us to dismiss the appeal as moot because the treatment order has been…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Wellesley College v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Hashimi v. KalilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Guardianship of RoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Rogers v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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