Legal Opinion

Care and Protection of Faraj

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided August 8, 2025No. SJC-13758Published

1Opinion of the Court

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

CARE AND PROTECTION OF FARAJ[1]

Docket:

SJC-13758

Dates:

May 7, 2025 – August 8, 2025

Present:

Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, Georges, Dewar, & Wolohojian, JJ.

County:

Hampden

Keywords:

Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. Jurisdiction, Custody of child, Care and protection of minor, Nonresident, Juvenile Court. Juvenile Court, Jurisdiction. Minor, Custody, Care and protection. Parent and Child, Custody, Care and protection of minor. Practice, Civil, Care and protection proceeding, Motion to dismiss. Department of Children & Families.

Petition filed in the Hampden County…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Thompson v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Powell v. StoverTexas Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Custody of EleanorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  4. Everett v. 357 Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  5. Hightower v. MyersSupreme Court of Missouri · 2010

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