CUSTODY OF A MINOR (NO. 3)


378 Mass. 732 (1979)

393 N.E.2d 836

CUSTODY OF A MINOR (No. 3).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

August 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Donovan for the petitioners.

Jonathan Brant, Assistant Attorney General (John Graceffa with him) for the Department of Public Welfare.

John H. Wyman for the minor.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

This is a petition by the parents of a three year old boy for a review and redetermination of the child's needs for care and protection under G.L.c. 119, § 26. The child has the disease of acute lymphocytic leukemia. After a hearing, a judge in the Superior Court continued in effect a prior court order, issued on April 18, 1978, requiring that the child undergo chemotherapy treatments. The judge further...

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