FREEMAN v. CHAPLIC


14 Mass. App. Ct. 493 (1982)

440 N.E.2d 1185

ARLENE FREEMAN vs. RALPH D. CHAPLIC, SR., & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

October 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Regina Healy for Ralph D. Chaplic, Sr., & another.

Jeffrey Quinn for Arlene Freeman.

Present: BROWN, DREBEN, & KASS, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

The paternal grandparents of Lynn-Marie Chaplic appeal from an order which vacated their appointment as guardians with custody of Lynn-Marie and from a judgment which appointed Arlene Freeman, the child's maternal step-grandmother, as guardian with custody. They argue that Arlene Freeman, not having been a party to, nor entitled to notice of, the proceedings under G.L.c. 201, § 5, had no standing to challenge their appointment, which

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