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Case Law Development: Limits of Right of Parent/Guarians to Refuse Medical Treatment for Adult Incompetent Child/Ward

By Barbara Glesner Fines, Robert E. Oliphant, and Nancy Ver Steegh (William Mitchell College of Law).

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The Pennsylvania Superior Court, in a case of first impression, explored the limits of a parent/guardian's right to refuse medical treatment for their adult incompetent child. The case involved a 50-year-old man with profound mental retardation. After a court had...

Full post as published by Family Law Prof Blog on February 16, 2009 (boomark / email).

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