Legal Opinion
Freeman v. Chaplic
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 10, 1983PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
On April 21, 1982, a judge of the Probate and Family Court vacated the appointment of Muriel F. and Ralph D. Chaplic, Sr. (Chaplics), as guardians with custody of their son’s daughter, Lynn-Marie Chaplic, and entered a judgment appointing Arlene Freeman, the child’s maternal step-grandmother, as guardian with custody. A single justice of the Appeals Court stayed the judgment pending appeal. The Appeals Court affirmed the judgment and ordered the rescript to issue immediately. Freeman v. Chaplic, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 493, 500 (1982). We granted the Chaplics’ application for further appellate…
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