Legal Opinion
Care & Protection of Georgette
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 22, 2002No. 01-P-159PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLaurence, J.
A father appeals from a March 12, 1999, decision by a judge of the New Bedford Juvenile Court terminating his parental rights as to two of his daughters (Beth and Judith) and placing three other daughters (Rena, Georgette, and Lucy) in the permanent custody of the Department of Social Services (DSS). He alleges a variety of procedural and evidentiary grounds but chiefly challenges the ultimate finding of his unfitness as unsupported by the requisite quantum of clear and convincing evidence. Two of his children (Georgette and Lucy) appeal from a second Juvenile Court judge’s denial of their…
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