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MATTER OF STATE OF N.Y. EX REL. GIFFEN v. HOFFMAN

6541, 250504/17.

161 A.D.3d 512 (2018)

77 N.Y.S.3d 25

2018 NY Slip Op 03462

In the Matter of State of New York ex rel. Todd Giffen, Appellant, v. Amy Hoffman, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided May 10, 2018.

In light of petitioner's release from involuntary confinement pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 9, this appeal is moot, as petitioner concedes. However, we reach the merits because the appeal raises a substantial and novel issue that is likely to recur yet typically evades review (see Mental Hygiene Legal Servs. v Ford, 92 N.Y.2d 500, 505-506 [1998]; see also People ex rel. DeLia v Munsey, 26 N.Y.3d 124...

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