Legal Opinion
Care & Protection of Sharlene
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 17, 2006PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
This case is before us on a reservation and report, without decision, by a single justice of this court. The petitioner is the stepfather of an eleven year old child (whom we shall refer to by the pseudonym Sharlene) who was admitted to Bay-state Medical Center (Baystate) on September 11, 2005, with critical injuries. As a result of her injuries, Sharlene remains in an irreversible vegetative state. On September 13, the Department of Social Services (department) filed a care and protection petition, pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 24, and received custody of Sharlene. Counsel and a guardian ad…
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