Legal Opinion
Sombrotto v. Christiana W.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 31, 2008PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Nabdelli, J.
In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether Supreme Court properly granted petitioner hospital’s petition to involuntarily administer psychotropic medications to the then 14-year-old respondent over her and her parents’ objections, after conducting a hearing to which the parents were not parties.
On December 26, 2006, respondent, who was then 14 years old with no formal psychiatric history, was at the home of a friend when she became upset after her friend’s mother began making offensive comments about respondent’s mother. Respondent attempted to telephone…
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