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CUSTODY OF ELEANOR

414 Mass. 795 (1993)

610 N.E.2d 938

CUSTODY OF ELEANOR & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 9, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Buckley, Jr., for the mother.

Kenneth J. King for the minors.

Alexander G. Gray, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Social Services.

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

LYNCH, J.

Here we are required to determine the proper standard of review for appellate courts in child custody cases. A judge in the Juvenile Court found two minor children, Eleanor and Carol, in need of care and protection and placed them in the permanent custody of the Department of Social Services (department). See G.L.c. 119, §§ 24 and 26 (1990 ed.). The Appeals Court reversed the judgment. Custody of Eleanor...

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