Legal Opinion

Revocation of Appointment of a Guardian of a Minor

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 30, 1971PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.

The petitioner (the mother) was an unmarried woman, twenty years old at the time of her child’s birth in October, 1969. She had lived with her parents (a police officer and his wife) in New Hampshire, until it was discovered that she was pregnant. Then, because she and her parents “weren’t speaking together,” she left home to live with her sister, also in New Hampshire. She made a settlement for $500 with the man responsible for her condition, the same attorney representing her and the man. That money ran out. Because the sister could not support them both, the mother moved to live with a…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Adoption of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
  2. Surrender of Minor ChildrenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
  3. Adoption of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  4. Attorney General v. OlsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
  5. KauchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. West Virginia Department of Human Services v. La Rea Ann C.L.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1985
  2. In the Interest of Brandon L.E.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Lemley v. BarrWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Adoption of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  5. Adoption of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973

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