Legal Opinion

Custody of a Minor

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided April 18, 1986No. 2PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.

Upon a second review and redetermination, under G. L. c. 119, § 26, last par. (as amended through St. 1983, c. 117), concerning the care and custody of a minor, a District Court judge ordered the termination of visitation by the minor’s biological mother. The mother’s appeal under G. L. c. 119, § 27, raises questions about the scope of review and burden *92of proof applicable in the “review and redetermination of the current needs of [the] child” available every six months under § 26.

If, as here occurred, the custody order is altered, the mother argues that such a revision must be supported by a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  3. Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  4. Care & Protection of Three MinorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  5. Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Care & Protection of ErinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  2. Care & Protection of GeorgetteMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
  3. Care and Protection of IanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
  4. In re AngelaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  5. Adoption of GregoryMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986

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