The Massachusetts Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit against the Department of Children and Families, finding the agency acted within its discretion when implementing a virtual COVID-19 visitation policy for parents and children in the department’s custody.
Six parents whose children were in the custody of the department challenged the policy during the initial outbreak of the pandemic, which limited in-person visits between the parent and child to primarily virtual visitations by videoconference in March 2020, according to the appellate court order filed on Wednesday.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
