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C.M. v. COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

SJC-13015.

487 Mass. 639 (2021)

C.M. v. COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 11, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Tennen for the plaintiff.

Jesse M. Boodoo , Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Andrew Cohen & Amy Karp , Committee for Public Counsel Services, & Melanie L. Todman , Kate J. Bergeron , Jennifer G. Roma , & Kelly C. Hogan , for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Kafker, & Georges, JJ.

At issue in this case is the scope of immunity afforded to social workers in the Department of Children and Families (department) who attest to facts in sworn affidavits as part of care and protection proceedings commenced by the department in the Juvenile Court pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 24 (§ 24). The plaintiff, C.M., brought...

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