Legal Opinion

K.B. v. J.B.

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided July 6, 2018No. 17-P-349Published

1Opinion of the Court

J.B. (father) appeals from a judgment of divorce nisi that awarded K.B. (mother) sole physical custody but a generous visitation schedule to the father; legal custody was granted to both parents. The father contends that the Probate and Family Court judge abused his discretion by not giving sufficient weight to the fact that the mother maintains a relationship with, and allows access to the children to, her father (grandfather), who sexually abused her as a child, and by accepting a report from a guardian ad litem (GAL) who did not comply with the standards for category F GAL investigations.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Custody of EleanorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  2. Rolde v. RoldeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
  3. Sacco v. RoupenianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
  4. Rosenthal v. ManeyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
  5. Ardizoni v. RaymondMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996

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