Legal Opinion

Guardianship of Nolan

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 20, 2004PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The petitioner, the mother of the ward (her minor son), appeals from two judgments of a single justice of this court denying her petitions pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. We dismiss her appeals as moot.

In her petitions, the mother sought relief from a decree of a judge in the Probate and Family Court appointing the mother’s adult daughter as temporary guardian of the ward, and from a second judge’s subsequent denial of the mother’s motion to vacate the decree. The second judge also extended the decree several times. The decree and its extensions were issued as a result of the daughter’s filing…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Rasten v. Northeastern UniversityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
  2. In re RudnickiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Care & Protection of TorrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  2. Cook v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
  3. Allen v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
  4. Debarros v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
  5. In re Grand Jury InvestigationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008

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