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CUSTODY OF A MINOR

5 Mass. App. Ct. 741 (1977)

370 N.E.2d 712

CUSTODY OF A MINOR.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

December 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynne Hans for the appellant.

Diane Webster Brady, Regional Counsel, for the Department of Public Welfare.

Robert D. Fleischner for the minor.

Present: KEVILLE, ARMSTRONG, & BROWN, JJ.

ARMSTRONG, J.

This petition was brought and tried in the Springfield Juvenile Court under G.L.c. 119, § 24, and was thereafter retried in the Superior Court pursuant to G.L.c. 119, § 27. The petition sought transfer of custody of a small child from her parents to the Department of Public Welfare (department). The child's mother appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court granting the petition. We affirm.

The Superior Court judge entered lengthy...

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