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CUSTODY OF A MINOR

2 Mass. App. Ct. 68 (1974)

308 N.E.2d 911

CUSTODY OF A MINOR.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

March 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. DeGiacomo (Judith K. Wyman with him) for the appellants.

Joseph A. Grasso, Jr., for the appellee, submitted a brief.

Present: HALE, C.J., ROSE, GRANT, & ARMSTRONG, JJ.

HALE, C.J.

These are appeals from decrees of a Probate Court which (1) dismissed a petition brought by two maternal great-aunts to be appointed guardians of a child, and (2) allowed a petition for custody of the child brought by the Division of Child Guardianship of the Department of Public Welfare (the Department) pursuant to G.L.c. 119, § 23(C). Custody was awarded to the Department "with the right to place said child for adoption and with the right to consent...

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