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MASON v. COLEMAN

447 Mass. 177 (2006)

JAMES R. MASON v. BETSY SHANLEY COLEMAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 10, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Ouderkirk, Jr. (Carol A. Phinney with him) for the defendant.

Adam A. Rowe for the plaintiff.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Pauline Quirion, Fern Frolin, Warren Fitzgerald, & Martin Healy, for Massachusetts Bar Association.

Daniel B. Hogan for Fathers and Families, Inc.

Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Sosman, & Cordy, JJ.

COWIN, J.

The defendant, Betsy Shanley Coleman (mother), appeals from a judgment of the Probate and Family Court enjoining removal from the Commonwealth of children whose legal and physical custody she shares with the plaintiff, James R. Mason (father). General Laws c. 208, § 30, governs removal from the Commonwealth of children of divorced parents1 where one of the parents seeks to relocate without the consent of the other parent...

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