CARE & PROTECTION OF STEPHEN


401 Mass. 144 (1987)

514 N.E.2d 1087

CARE AND PROTECTION OF STEPHEN & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

November 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary M. Collins for the mother.

Lisa A. Levy, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Social Services.

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


ABRAMS, J.

The mother of four children appeals from a determination that her children should be placed in the care and protection of the Department of Social Services (department). On appeal, the mother asserts that her trial counsel was ineffective; that the judge erred by considering inadmissible evidence; that the judge's determination that she currently is unfit to care for her children is not supported by clear and convincing evidence; and that the judge failed...

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