Legal Opinion
Civetti v. Commissioner of Public Welfare
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 12, 1984PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The plaintiffs in the six cases we review are
five women who entered into voluntary agreements with the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) pursuant to which their children were placed in residential schools, and one woman whose children attended a residential school while in the DPW’s temporary custody pending adjudication of a petition for care and protection. Each plaintiff brought an action in the Superior Court seeking judicial review of the decisions of the DPW terminating payments to them on behalf of their children under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC). G. L.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Rosado v. WymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- King v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Townsend v. SwankSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Rock v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Maine Association of Interdependent Neighborhoods v. Commissioner, Maine Department of Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Town of Northbridge v. Town of Natick Department of Social ServicesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless v. Secretary of Human ServicesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Pyfrom v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
- Martinez v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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