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III CSK 50/20 AI generated

Supreme Court allows psychiatric hospitalization without consent when patient lacks capacity and poses danger.

Case Number III CSK 50/20
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Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Supreme Court allowed the cassation appeal, permitting the placement of the patient in a psychiatric hospital without consent. The patient, W. M., lacked decision-making capacity due to mental illness and posed a danger to herself, while the prosecutor argued for immediate involuntary treatment. The court ruled that the statutory conditions for emergency involuntary hospitalization were met, overriding the need for prior consent.

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Art. 10 ust. 1 k.k.; Art. 10 ust. 2 k.k.: When a mentally ill person lacks capacity and endangers themselves or others, involuntary hospitalization may be ordered without consent if urgent measures are necessary.

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involuntary hospitalization mental capacity danger to self emergency measures procedural safeguards Supreme Court civil procedure

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Art. 10 ust. 1 k.k.
Art. 10 ust. 2 k.k.

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Sygn. akt III CSK 50/20 POSTANOWIENIE Dnia 22 grudnia 2020 r.Sąd Najwyższy w składzie: SSN Anna Kozłowska w sprawie z wniosku Prokuratora Rejonowego […] w K.‎przy uczestnictwie W. M.‎o umieszczenie w szpitalu psychiatrycznym bez wymaganej zgody,‎na posiedzeniu niejawnym w Izbie Cywilnej w dniu 22 grudnia 2020 r.,‎na skutek skargi kasacyjnej uczestniczki od postanowienia Sądu Okręgowego w K.‎z dnia 8 października 2019 r., sygn. akt II Ca […], przyjmuje skargę kasacyjną do rozpoznania. UZASADNIENIE