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COBBLE v. COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

430 Mass. 385 (1999)

DONALD R. COBBLE, JR. v. COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester Darling for the plaintiff.

Juliana deHaan Rice, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

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

LYNCH, J.

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment of a Superior Court judge affirming an administrative determination by the Department of Social Services (department), that his hitting or spanking of his minor child constituted "abuse," as that term is defined by statute and regulation. See G. L. c. 119, § 51A; 110 Code Mass. Regs. § 2.00 (1996).1 He argues that the department's decision to support a report of abuse was not adequately...

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