Opinion
2004-00810
December 13, 2004.
In a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.60 to authorize assisted outpatient treatment, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Covello, J.), dated December 16, 2003, which, after a hearing, granted the petition.
Before: Smith, J.P., Crane, Mastro and Skelos, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.
The judgment authorizing assisted outpatient treatment for a period of six months expired by its own terms in June 2004. It was superseded by a judgment of the same court (Diamond, J.), dated July 6, 2004, from which no appeal was taken, continuing assisted outpatient treatment for a period of 12 months. Accordingly, this appeal is academic and the issues raised are not sufficiently substantial or novel to warrant invoking an exception to the mootness doctrine ( see Matter of David C., 69 NY2d 796, 798; Matter of Hearst Corp. v. Clyne, 50 NY2d 707, 713-715).