Legal Opinion
Care & Protection of Yetta
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 16, 2014No. 12-P-1540PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGraham, J.
The Department of Children and Families (department) filed a petition under G. L. c. 119, § 24, alleging that five children, Eve, Yetta, Sam, Deborah, and Ted, were in need of care and protection. The petition was based on the testimony *692of the eldest child, Eve, that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather (father).2
After an eight-day trial in the Juvenile Court, the judge found that the department had failed to prove that the father had sexually abused any of the children but concluded, nonetheless, that the children were in need of care and protection. Pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 26,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- United States v. FornessCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Commonwealth v. Isaiah I.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Petition of the New England Home for Little WanderersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In re Adoption QuestMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2017
- In re Guardianship EttaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018
- In re Guardianship JayceMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018
- In re Guardianship of PavelMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018
- In re XarinaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018