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Appeals court hears Rule 60(b) and ICPC arguments in contested termination of parental rights case
Summary
An appeal from termination decrees and a Rule 60(b) decision raised novel questions about the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) and whether Massachusetts parents and children had adequate appellate or counsel rights when a receiving state altered placement decisions; the court took the matter under advisement.
The Appeals Court took oral argument in a partially impounded termination-of‑parental‑rights appeal that raised questions about vacating termination decrees and the availability of relief under Mass. R. Civ. P. 60(b), and whether the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) process denied parents or children an avenue for administrative appeal in the receiving state. Children’s counsel Natalie Hopple asked the panel to vacate termination decrees and the Rule 60…
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