Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 9/24/1982

Matter of Terwilliger

Citations

450 A.2d 1376
304 Pa. Super. 553
1982 Pa. Super. LEXIS 5318

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finding that the state “has the right and the duty to act to protect its weaker members”
noting the existence of a fundamental right under Skinner and requiring court approval for sterilization of either a male or a female adult ward
\[P]rior judicial approval is required before a guardian may consent to administering or withholding of proposed extraordinary medical treatment.\
“[Pjrior judicial approval is required before a guardian may consent to administering or withholding of proposed extraordinary medical treatment.”
“[T]he Commonwealth, acting in its role as parens patriae, has the right and the duty to act to protect its weaker members.... This doctrine of inherent parens patriae jurisdiction over decisions involving irrevocable individual.”
tubal ligation of mentally incompetent

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