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JOHN D. v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

No. 98-P-1802.

51 Mass. App. Ct. 125 (2001)

JOHN D. v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Bristol.

March 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max Volterra for the plaintiff.

Virginia A. Peel for the defendant.

Present: JACOBS, BECK, & DUFFLY, JJ.

JACOBS, J.

In this appeal, John D. contends that "[o]ral statements by themselves without evidence of physical and emotional injury do not constitute sexual abuse in the context of naming a perpetrator of sexual abuse under G. L.[] c. 119, § 51B[,] and the regulations thereunder." He also argues that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of child neglect made by the Department of Social Services...

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