Legal Opinion
Custody of a Minor
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 12, 1982No. 2PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDreben, J.
The child and her natural parents appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court ordering that permanent custody of the child remain with the Department of Social Services (department) and that the visitation rights previously ordered by the court be terminated. The Superior Court proceeding was an appeal from a determination on July 27, 1978, of the Juvenile Court. See G. L. c. 119, § 27, as amended by St. 1973, c. 1005.
The child’s appeal (the child and her natural parents each have separate counsel) rests on the claim that the judge improperly appointed, and relied on the testimony of, an…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Petition of the New England Home for Little WanderersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Bezio v. PatenaudeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Department of Public Welfare v. J. K. B.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Custody of Two MinorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- In Re Jonathan G.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. AllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Custody of a Minor (No. 1)Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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