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D.L. v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES

412 Mass. 558 (1992)

591 N.E.2d 173

D.L. & others vs. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 5, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa Stimell for the minors.

Jon Laramore, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commissioner of Social Services & others.

Stan Goldman, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & GREANEY, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

The plaintiffs, thirteen children in the custody of the Department of Social Services (DSS), brought an action against the defendants in the Superior Court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief.3 The plaintiffs' amended complaint sought declarations that: (1) a regulation promulgated by DSS, which authorizes it to consent to the admission of children in its custody to an inpatient mental health facility for care, is invalid...

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