CUSTODY OF A MINOR (NO. 2)


386 Mass. 460 (1982)

436 N.E.2d 392

CUSTODY OF A MINOR (No. 2).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ned C. Lofton for the parents.

Scott A. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Social Services.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

In this case the parents of a minor child appeal from the order of a single justice of this court dismissing a petition seeking extraordinary relief under G.L.c. 211, § 3. The petition sought an order in the nature of a writ of prohibition to prevent the juvenile appeals session of the Barnstable Division of the District Court Department from hearing an appeal under G.L.c. 119, § 27. Having concluded...

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