Legal Opinion

Davis v. Dep't of Children & Families

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided October 2, 2018No. 17-P-717Published

1Opinion of the Court

After the Department of Children and Families (department) found, pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 51B, that an allegation that Bernard Davis had physically abused his one year old daughter, Jane,2 had been substantiated, Davis requested a fair hearing pursuant to 110 Code Mass. Regs. §§ 10.00 (2014). The hearing officer affirmed the department's decision to support the allegations of physical abuse (fair hearing decision). Davis sought judicial review of the fair hearing decision pursuant to G. L. c. 30A, § 14, and moved to introduce additional evidence pursuant to G. L. c. 30A, § 14 (6). A…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Doe v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
  2. Massachusetts Ass'n of Minority Law Enforcement Officers v. AbbanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  3. Covell v. Department of Social ServicesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
  4. Police Department of Boston v. KavaleskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
  5. Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School District School Committee v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994

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