IN RE: NAME CHANGE OF SHEIKERA WILLIAMS vs

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• emergency commitment under G. L. c. 123, § 12 [ b ], implicates \significant liberty interests\
• statute is to be construed to give effect to all of its provisions so no part will be inoperative
• \[i]ssues involving the commitment and treatment of mentally ill persons are generally considered matters of public importance\ [citation omitted]
• where order appealed from no longer had any effect, appeal was rendered moot
• determination of whether \failure to hospitalize such person would create a likelihood of serious harm by reason of mental illness\ is \quite different from the 'reason to believe' standard . . . required for restraint and application for hospitalization\ [citation omitted]
• interpreting statute in manner consistent with Legislature’s intent

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