California Court of Appeal October 26, 2005, D045800 (San Diego Health & Human Services Bureau v. Pamela J.)

Opinion

HUFFMAN, Acting P. J.

This appeal presents issues concerning the conduct of the evidentiary hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code

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section 5326.7, subdivision (f), part of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS or Act; § 5000 et seq.) to determine the capacity of a patient under the Act to give or refuse to give written informed consent to electroconvulsive treatment (ECT).