Legal Opinion
Custody of a Minor
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 20, 1979No. 1PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
On January 12, 1976, Elsie Peck, a social worker employed by the Division of Family and Children’s Services of the Department of Public Welfare (department), petitioned the Municipal Court of the Dorchester District, pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 24, for a determination that the respondent-mother’s newly-born son was a child in need of care and protection. After a continuance of two and one-half months, and following a hearing, the judge granted the department’s petition and awarded it custody of the child. The mother exercised her right to trial de novo, G. L. c. 119, § 27, see Robinson v.…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by108 opinions
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