FREEMAN v. CHAPLIC


388 Mass. 398 (1983)

446 N.E.2d 1369

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

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

March 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Regina Healy for the defendants.

Jinanne S.J. Elder (Marjorie Heins with her) for the intervener.

Jeffrey Quinn for the plaintiff.

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


LIACOS, J.

On April 21, 1982, a judge of the Probate and Family Court vacated the appointment of Muriel F. and Ralph D. Chaplic, Sr. (Chaplics), as guardians with custody of their son's daughter, Lynn-Marie Chaplic, and entered a judgment appointing Arlene Freeman, the child's maternal step-grandmother, as guardian with custody. A single justice of the Appeals Court stayed the judgment pending appeal. The Appeals Court affirmed...

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