In the Matter of Spring

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1980-05-13

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Braucher, J. Earle N. Spring, an incompetent person, was receiving life-prolonging hemodialysis treatment. On the petition of his wife and his son, who was his temporary guardian, a judge of the Probate Court found that the ward “would, if competent, choose not to receive the life prolonging treatment,” and ordered the entry of judgment…

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