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In re J.M.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division (2010) | 416 N.J. Super. 222; 3 A.3d 651; 2010 N.J. Super. LEXIS 155
TL;DR: A court found a patient incompetent to refuse life-saving dialysis because she denied the high probability of death without it, despite her religious beliefs, authorizing a special medical guardian to consent to treatment.
Legal Significance: This case underscores that capacity to refuse medical treatment requires an understanding of the likely consequences, distinguishing religious belief from a delusional denial of medical reality.