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YOUMANS v. RAMOS

429 Mass. 774 (1999)

DONALD R. YOUMANS v. CYNTHIA M. RAMOS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

June 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Traft for the plaintiff.

Robert L. Rice, Jr. (Gregory V. Roach with him) for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.

MARSHALL, J.

We consider in this case whether, attendant to a judgment awarding a father custody of his then eleven year old daughter, a judge in the Probate and Family Court may order visitation between the child and a guardian with whom she had lived for many years, and who had long filled the role of the only parent for the child.

In 1997, Donald R. Youmans (father), a resident of Georgia, sought legal and physical custody of his daughter, Tamika E.

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