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IN RE ESTATE OF DORONE

517 Pa. 3 (1987)

534 A.2d 452

In re ESTATE OF Darrell DORONE. Appeal of William DORON and Carol Doron, Parents and Natural Guardians of Darrell Dorone, a/k/a Darrell Doron.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Bell, III, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Oldrich Foucek, III, Allentown, for appellee.

Arthur K. Hoffman, Philadelphia, for Amicus — Hosp. Assoc. of Pa.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

McDERMOTT, Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal from a Superior Court affirmation of two orders of the Orphans' Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, 502 A.2d 1271. Those orders appointed a temporary guardian of an unconscious patient for the purpose of consenting to the administration of blood transfusions. The issue before us is whether during the hearings for the appointment...

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