GUARDIANSHIP OF TARA

No. 18-P-1531.

97 Mass. App. Ct. 11 (2020)

GUARDIANSHIP OF TARA (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

January 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Madeline Weaver Blanchette , for the children.

Robert J. McCarthy, Jr. , for the father.

Jeremy Bayless , for Department of Children and Families.

Present: BLAKE, DITKOFF, & McDONOUGH, JJ.


After a trial, a Juvenile Court judge denied guardianship petitions filed by the maternal grandmother (grandmother) of two children. The judge did not exercise her authority under G. L. c. 190B, § 5-206(c), to "make any other disposition of the matter that will serve the best interest of the minor," thus leaving the children...

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