Legal Opinion
Care & Protection of Zita
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 4, 2009PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
In this care and protection case, a judge in the Juvenile Court awarded temporary custody of a newborn infant to the Department of Children and Families (department) following a so-called “seventy-two hour hearing.” See G. L. c. 119, § 24. The infant, whom we shall call Zita, sought relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3, from a single justice of the county court, who denied her request. Zita appealed from the judgment of the single justice, and in an order issued pursuant to SJ.C. Rule 2:21, as amended, 434 Mass. 1301 (2001), we allowed her appeal to proceed in the regular course.1
Zita argues that…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Operation RescueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Custody of Two MinorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Furtado v. FurtadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Adoption of PaulaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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3Cited by14 opinions
- L.L., a juvenile v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- McIntireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Brantley v. Hampden Division of the Probate & Family Court DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Tierney v. Town of FraminghamDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2018
- In re Adoption GarretMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2017
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