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IN RE CARE AND PROTECTION OF JAYLEN

No. SJC-13494.

CARE AND PROTECTION OF JAYLEN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 17, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawn M. Messer , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the child.

Jennifer L. Kernan for Department of Children and Families.

Roberta Driscoll-Weiss , for the father, was present but did not argue.

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

This case lies at the intersection of two statutory schemes involving the Commonwealth's interest in the welfare of children and two departments of the Trial Court — the Probate and Family Court and the Juvenile Court — with overlapping jurisdiction. The first statutory scheme provides safeguards for the care and protection...

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