Legal Opinion
Parents of Two Minors v. Bristol Division of the Juvenile Court Department
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 9, 1986PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
This case raises the question whether a judge of a Juvenile Court has authority to order parents of minor children to submit to a nonemergency home visit by an employee of the Department of Social Services (DSS), investigating an anonymous report of child abuse. Our answer to that question is “no.”
By a petition filed on May 15, 1985, and amended on May 16, the DSS requested the Juvenile Court to order the plaintiff parents of two minor children to allow DSS personnel “to enter the [parents’] home and view and speak with the children.” In support of its petition, DSS submitted an affidavit…
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