Care & Protection of Martha

How courts have described this case

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

• “judge’s findings . . . were clear, articulate, amply supported by the record, and fully set forth what testimony the judge found to be credible”
• for bias and prejudice to require disqualification, it must derive from extrajudicial source
• \judge's findings must be left undisturbed absent a showing that they clearly are erroneous\
• judge may preside over termination hearing even if judge also presided over removal hearing
• evidence of parents' criminal convictions for assault and battery of their children was admissible in hearing to determine whether children were in need of care and protection, as specific acts of parents' character were pertinent to issue of parental fitness
• evidence of parents' criminal convictions for assault and battery of their children was admissible in hearing to determine whether children were in need of care and protection, as specific acts of parents’ character were pertinent to issue of parental fitness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).