Legal Opinion
Care & Protection of Three Minors
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 13, 1984PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
On April 18, 1978, a social worker for the Department of Public Welfare (department) filed petitions pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 24, on behalf of three minor sisters. Anne, Jane, and Mary. On August 9, 1979, and September 13, 1979, a judge of the Chelsea District Court found all three girls in need of care and protection and committed them to the department, pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 26. After a trial de nova in the Appellate Division of the Juvenile Court Department (Boston Division), G. L. c. 119, § 27, the children were again committed to the custody of the department.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Petition of the New England Home for Little WanderersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Bezio v. PatenaudeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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