In re H.P.

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Involuntary Administration of Medication
Citation
Case Number: 
2019 IL App (5th) 150302
Decision Date: 
Monday, July 1, 2019
District: 
5th Dist.
Division/County: 
Randolph Co.
Holding: 
Reversed.
Justice: 
CHAPMAN

Court entered order authorizing involuntary administration of psychotropic medication. The State must present evidence of known interactions between multiple medications in order to satisfy its statutory burden of showing that benefits of proposed treatment outweigh the harm.(OVERSTREET and CATES, concurring.)