Carcieri v. Massachusetts

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reversing termination decision that stemmed from automatic review provision in initial disposition order
• court made disposition order so continuance could not have been to gather data for disposition
• juvenile statute does not give court authority to enter disposition order with provision for review in six months; statute provides procedures for review, which court cannot alter
• juvenile statute does not give court authority to enter disposition order with provision for review in six months; statute provides procedures for review, which court cannot alter
• parental rights cannot be transferred to state absent statutory authority

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).