THADDEUS v. SECRETARY OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

No. 21-P-398.

101 Mass. App. Ct. 413 (2022)

THADDEUS & others v. SECRETARY OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts.

July 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine B. Dirks , Assistant Attorney General ( Jesse M. Boodoo , Assistant Attorney General, also present) for the defendants.

Lauren E. Russell , Committee for Public Counsel Services ( Ann Balmelli O'Connor , Committee for Public Counsel Services, also present) for the plaintiffs.

Present: Meade, Englander, & Grant, JJ.


The plaintiffs challenge a policy adopted by the Department of Children and Families (department) during the first several months of the COVID-19 pandemic, which limited in-person visitation between parents and their children in department custody, instead requiring (in most cases) video conferences or "virtual visitation." The plaintiffs...

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