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GUARDIANSHIP OF K.N.

SJC-12195.

476 Mass. 762 (2017)

GUARDIANSHIP OF K.N.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 13, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudia Leis Bolgen for the child.

Deborah W. Kirchwey for the mother.

Stephen H. Merlin , for the guardian, was present but did not argue.

Present (Sitting at Lawrence): GANTS, C.J., BOTSFORD, LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.

In L.B. v. Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court Dep't, 474 Mass. 231, 232 (2016), this court held that a parent whose minor child is the subject of a guardianship petition pursuant to G. L. c. 190B, § 5-206, has a right to counsel in certain situations. The issue in this case...

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