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Appeals court hears DCF termination-of-parental-rights appeal focused on adequacy of disability accommodations
Summary
The Massachusetts Appeals Court on Jan. 15 heard argument in Docket No. 24318 over whether the Department of Children and Families provided sufficient accommodations to a mother with cognitive limitations before terminating parental rights to a medically complex child.
The Appeals Court heard argument Jan. 15 in Docket No. 24318, Department of Children and Families v. Mother, an impounded termination-of-parental-rights appeal that turns on the mother’s cognitive limitations, DCF’s provision of services and the child’s intensive medical needs.
Attorney Myrna Diaz, representing the mother, argued the record shows the department did not provide accommodations calibrated to the mother’s cognitive and memory problems and therefore did not allow her a full chance to demonstrate fitness for reunification. Diaz pointed to a 2022 DCF…
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