Legal Opinion
DeGrenier v. Reid
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 23, 1999No. 97-P-1824PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
The plaintiff was bom in 1979. When she was eleven years of age, the Department of Social Services (department) obtained custody of the plaintiff and two siblings (a sister bom in 1984 and a half-brother bom in 1987) when a judge of the District Court found them in need of care and protection. For several years, the plaintiff and her siblings lived apart in separate homes. In 1992, the department filed petitions under *784G. L. c. 210, § 3, to dispense with consent to adoption at a period when all three of the children were reunited in a single foster home. On October 28, 1993, the Probate Court…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WeloskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Care & Protection of Three MinorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Hayon v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. of New EnglandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Galvin v. Welsh Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- In Re Department of Social Services to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re TardugnoUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2001