Legal Opinion

Richards v. Forrest

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 29, 1932PublishedCited by 82 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.

The petitioners seek appointment as guardians of Arlene E. Forrest, born in November, 1925, minor child of the respondents, and pray to be awarded the custody of her person, it being alleged that the respondents, as parents, are unfit to have such custody, and that the minor has no property. The petition was filed in April, 1931. After reciting that the “minor when four months old was by her parents voluntarily placed in the home and custody of the petitioners and has ever since been cared for and supported by them in their home,” and that “because of this continual care and custody, the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Wood v. DeatonTexas Supreme Court · 1900
  2. Hersey v. HerseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  3. Purinton v. JamrockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  4. Weir v. MarleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
  5. Green v. CampbellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by82 opinions

  1. Petition of the New England Home for Little WanderersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  2. Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  3. Bezio v. PatenaudeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  4. Custody of EleanorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  5. In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981

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