Legal Opinion

Guardianship of Cheyenne

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided September 27, 2010No. 09-P-2117PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSikora, J.

This appeal concerns a Juvenile Court judge’s denial of a father’s petition for removal of his daughter’s guardian pursuant to G. L. c. 201, § 5.2 The judge found the father unfit to parent his daughter, concluded that she should remain *827in the care and custody of her guardian, and ordered monthly visitation with the father. The father challenges the judge’s finding of unfitness and her findings concerning his daughter’s bond with the guardian. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Background. We summarize the facts from the judge’s well supported findings. On May 20, 1998, Cheyenne was bom in…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Petition of the New England Home for Little WanderersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  2. Bezio v. PatenaudeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  3. In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  4. Richards v. ForrestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
  5. Adoption of NancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. L.B. v. Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
  2. L.B. v. Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016

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