Legal Opinion
In Re Lisa Diane G.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 17, 1988No. 87-238-AppealPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
The single but significant issue presented by this controversy is whether a Family Court justice can grant relief to the plaintiffs, the adoptive parents of a daughter who was eight years old in 1983 when the decree of adoption was entered in the Family Court. The gist of the parents’ complaint is that the adoption decree was procured by the fraudulent conduct or misrepresentations of certain representatives of the Department of Children and Their Families (DCF). The parents contend that DCF never informed them that the staff at Bradley Hospital, an institution noted…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Phillips v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Paolino v. PaolinoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Waldeck v. PinerSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1985
- In Re Welfare of AlleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
- In Re Adoption of a Minor ChildSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Zaino v. ZainoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2003
- Pari v. PariSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1989
- Mohr v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- In Re Adoption of B J.H.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1997
- Giha v. GihaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992
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