Legal Opinion

Guardianship of Clyde

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided May 14, 1998No. 97-P-2250PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFlannery, J.

The maternal grandparents appeal from a decree of the Probate and Family Court discharging their petition for the guardianship of their minor grandson, Clyde, and awarding the biological father sole legal and physical custody of his son. They contend that (1) the judge erroneously applied the standard to determine parental fitness; and (2) the judge’s findings are clearly erroneous and not supported by the evidence. We affirm.2

1. Background. We summarize the findings of the Probate *768and Family Court judge.3 On May 25, 1990, Clyde’s mother and father were married in Ayer. Clyde, the only child…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Petition of the New England Home for Little WanderersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  2. Bezio v. PatenaudeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  3. Custody of EleanorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  4. In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  5. Adoption of MaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. McDermott v. DoughertyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2005
  2. Custody of ZiaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000
  3. Guardianship of EstelleMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
  4. Whelan v. WhelanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
  5. Guardianship of YushikoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000

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