Legal Opinion
Care & Protection of Jamison
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 20, 2014PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
We are called upon in this case to decide, first, whether the Juvenile Court has subject matter jurisdiction over petitions for sibling visitation pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 26B (b), where the petitioning child is in State custody and his siblings are wards in the custody of legal guardians, and, second, whether the presumption of validity afforded parental decisions regarding grandparent visitation pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 39D, recognized in Blixt v. Blixt, 437 Mass. 649, 657-658 (2002), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1189 (2003) (Blixt), applies also to the decisions of fit guardians regarding…
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