Legal Opinion
Care & Protection of Orazio
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 13, 2007No. 06-P-601PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKatzmann, J.
Without notice and over objection, and after bypassing a seventy-two hour temporary custody hearing to a trial on the merits in Juvenile Court, a judge found the mother unfit to assume parental responsibility for her son Orazio and her daughter Francine, found the children in need of care and protec*214tian, and committed them to the permanent custody of the Department of Social Services (DSS).2,3 The mother and Orazio have appealed. We vacate the judgments and remand for further proceedings.
On March 17, 2004, DSS filed a care and protection petition, pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 24, on behalf of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Adoption of MaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Care & Protection of RobertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Wilkins v. CooperMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2008
- In re Adoption of QuanyeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018