Custody of a Minor (No. 3)

This is a petition by the parents of a three year old boy for a review and redetermination of the child’s needs for care and protection under G. L. c. 119, § 26. The child has the disease of acute lymphocytic leukemia. After a hearing, a judge in the Superior *733Court continued in effect a prior court order, issued on April 18, 1978, requiring that the child undergo chemotherapy treatments. The judge further ordered that the parents cease administering to the child laetrile, large doses of vitamins A and C, enzyme enemas, and folic acid. The parents’ custody of the child was restricted only to…