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CARE AND PROTECTION OF RASHIDA

SJC-13072.

488 Mass. 217 (2021)

CARE AND PROTECTION OF RASHIDA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

August 20, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Balmelli O'Connor, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the mother.

William A. Comeau for the child.

Jeremy Bayless for Department of Children and Families.

Jonathan M. Albano, Michael C. Polovich, & Emma Coffey, for Lawyers for Civil Rights, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Jessica Berry, Claire Donohue, & Thomas J. Carey, Jr., for Jessica Berry & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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

When a child is removed from his or her home and placed into the custody of the Department of Children and Families (department), the department is required by statute to make ongoing "reasonable efforts to make it possible for the child to return safely to his [or her] parent or guardian." G. L. c. 119, § 29C. See Care & Protection...

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