Legal Opinion
Duro v. Duro
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 30, 1984PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
We hold that, as a matter of statutory interpretation, 1 reports of Probate Court probation officers made to a probate judge, pursuant to G. L. c. 276, § 85B, inserted by St. 1969, c. 771, § 3, must be in writing, and litigants must be afforded the opportunity to cross-examine the probation officer on the written report. In this case, the plaintiff appeals 2 from a judgment awarding custody of two children to her former husband. The plaintiff’s principal argument is that she was denied a fair trial before an impartial tribunal because the judge, in the absence of the parties and their…
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- Negron v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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