Appeal from Consent and Capacity Board dismissed; appellant lacked insight to appreciate consequences of refusing treatment.
The appellant appealed a Consent and Capacity Board decision finding her incapable of consenting to treatment with antipsychotic and mood stabilizing medications.
The appellant did not appear at the appeal hearing, but the court declined to dismiss the appeal as abandoned because she had expressed a desire to proceed with the assistance of amicus curiae.
On the merits, the court found no palpable and overriding error in the Board's conclusion that the appellant lacked the necessary insight into her schizoaffective disorder to appreciate the reasonably foreseeable consequences of refusing treatment.
The appeal was dismissed.
SCJSuperior Court of JusticeApr 21, 2026