Zelaya Flores v. Juarez Hernandez

The plaintiff, Astrid A. Zelaya Flores, appeals from the portion of the "partial judgment" that declined to make one of the findings necessary for her minor daughter to apply for special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) status under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J) (2012).

Background. In June, 2016, Flores filed in the Probate and Family Court a complaint for child support, custody, special findings of fact, and rulings of law.2 She simultaneously filed a separate motion for special findings. In the attached affidavit, Flores alleged as follows. The daughter was born in Honduras in 2008 to Flores and the…