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CUSTODY OF A MINOR (NO.1)

377 Mass. 876 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 68

CUSTODY OF A MINOR (No.1).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo M. Lazo for the defendant.

E. Michael Sloman, Assistant Attorney General, for the plaintiff.

Jinanne S.J. Elder & John Reinstein for the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & ABRAMS, JJ.

HENNESSEY, C.J.

On January 12, 1976, Elsie Peck, a social worker employed by the Division of Family and Children's Services of the Department of Public Welfare (department), petitioned the Municipal Court of the Dorchester District, pursuant to G.L.c. 119, § 24, for a determination that the respondent-mother's newly-born son was a child in need of care and protection. After a continuance of two and one-half months,...

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