MILLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS v. M.P.

SJC-12384.

478 Mass. 767 (2018)

MILLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS v. M.P. & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

February 6, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katrina McCusker Rusteika , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for M.P.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


The children requiring assistance (CRA) statute, G. L. c. 119, §§ 21, 39E-39I, confers jurisdiction upon the Juvenile Court to intervene in the custody arrangements of children who are, inter alia, "habitually truant," meaning that they "willfully fail[] to attend school for more than [eight] school days in a quarter." G. L. c...

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