tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244532973936681387.post7502046435518705444..comments2023-04-17T11:10:07.810-04:00Comments on The Law Office of Michael L. Rich: CHINS cases: Parents have the right to counsel.Zensho Martin Harahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13911257858994892587noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244532973936681387.post-45202892513541259462008-02-14T08:04:00.000-05:002008-02-14T08:04:00.000-05:00An editorial in today's Boston Globe praises the d...An editorial in today's Boston Globe praises the decision and mentions the CHINS amendments being considered in the Legislature.<BR/><BR/>See "A break for desperate parents"<BR/>http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/02/14/a_break_for_desperate_parents/MLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955987885707332477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244532973936681387.post-18492913157003182142008-02-08T10:40:00.000-05:002008-02-08T10:40:00.000-05:00February 11, 2008Mass. Lawyers Weekly - News Story...February 11, 2008<BR/><BR/>Mass. Lawyers Weekly - News Story<BR/><BR/>SJC gives parents right to counsel in CHINS cases<BR/><BR/>Ruling applies to matters where child custody at issue<BR/><BR/>By David E. Frank<BR/><BR/>Family-law attorneys say a Supreme Judicial Court ruling that extends the right to counsel to parents involved in child-in-need-of-services, or CHINS, proceedings will greatly increase the demand for lawyers in thousands of Juvenile Court cases.<BR/><BR/>"I can't think of the last time the right to counsel has been expanded," said Claudia L. Bolgen of Woburn, who represented one of the parents in In the Matter of Hilary. "What we've seen here is a fundamental change in how parents are going to be treated with respect to CHINS matters. Until now, parents who may not have had the education, language or resource abilities to stand up for themselves and fight efforts to have their kids removed were essentially treated as bystanders. But that's not going to happen any more."<BR/><BR/>In a case of first impression, the SJC held in In the Matter of Hilary that parents have the same right to counsel as their children in any CHINS proceeding in which the custody status of a minor is at issue.<BR/><BR/>Read the rest of the article at:<BR/>http://www.masslawyersweekly.com/020808.cfmMLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955987885707332477noreply@blogger.com