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CUSTODY OF A MINOR (NO. 1)

391 Mass. 572 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 324

CUSTODY OF A MINOR (NO. 1).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

March 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. John Schubert for the minor.

Ellen B. Kaplan for the mother.

H. Reed Witherby, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Social Services.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

LYNCH, J.

This case presents the question whether the Juvenile Court or the Superior Court has jurisdiction under G.L.c. 119, § 26, to hear a review and redetermination petition regarding a child in the custody of the Department of Social Services (department) pursuant to a care and protection proceeding. G.L.c. 119, § 24. We decide that jurisdiction over such petitions is properly in the Juvenile Court.1

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