Legal Opinion
Custody of Two Minors
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 29, 1985PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDreben, J.
This appeal by a mother from a judgment determining that two of her children 1 are in need of care and protection and committing them to the custody of the Department of Social Services (Department) presents the following evidentiary questions: (1) Did the trial judge err in accepting in evidence, after the adjudicatory hearings were over, the report of an investigator appointed pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 24, without informing the parties that he would do so? (2) Were hospital records of the children properly authenticated as required by G. L. c. 233, § 79? (3) Was it appropriate for the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Bouchie v. MurrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Gilmore v. GilmoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Care & Protection of Three MinorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. DunneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Frizado v. FrizadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Custody of Two MinorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. Clerk-Magistrate of the West Roxbury Division of the District Court DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Care & Protection of ZitaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Care & Protection of BenjaminMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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