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GUARDIANSHIP OF A MINOR

19 Mass. App. Ct. 333 (1985)

474 N.E.2d 192

GUARDIANSHIP OF A MINOR.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

February 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen A. Townsend for the parents.

Vincent Pusateri for the guardian.

Present: BROWN, KASS, & FINE, JJ.

KASS, J.

From the age of four months, her maternal grand-parents1 had raised the minor, whom we shall call Laurie, as if she were their daughter. At the time of a hearing in January, 1984, on the natural parents' petition under G.L.c. 201, § 33, to remove the maternal grandmother as Laurie's guardian, the child was four years old. A judge of a Probate Court, acting upon a clear and convincing evidence standard, found that the natural...

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