Legal Opinion
Custody of a Minor
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 8, 1979PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
On April 28, 1978, Judith Arons, a psychiatric social worker employed at Beth Israel Hospital, petitioned the Boston Juvenile Court for a determination that the appellant mother’s newly-born child was in need of care and protection. See G. L. c. 119, § 24. An order transferring temporary custody of the child to the Department of Public Welfare was entered, and the matter was continued until July 19, 1978, for a hearing. At that hearing, the judge granted Arons’s petition and transferred permanent custody of the child to the department. See G. L. c. 119, § 26. The mother exercised her right to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Giaccio v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Commonwealth v. BoydMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Petition of the New England Home for Little WanderersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Bezio v. PatenaudeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Custody of Two MinorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Adoption of MaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Department of Public Welfare v. J. K. B.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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