In re M.C.

In this case, we determine that the case is moot as to M.C. However, the case raises an issue of public importance, and we elect to address the issue raised in this case.

M.C. applied for admission at Beverly Hospital as a conditional voluntary patient on July 18,2014, pursuant to G.L.c. 123, §§10 & 11. Having found that M.C. was competent to apply for a conditional voluntary status, the hospital admitted M.C. on the same date. On July 31,2014, the attending psychiatrist for M.C., without notice to M.C. or a family member, rescinded the conditional voluntary status of M.C. and filed a petition…