Care & Protection of Stephen

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that a right to counsel is of little value without an expectation of effectiveness
• holding that, “[a]bsent exceptional circumstances, we do not review claims of ineffective assistance of counsel for the first time on appeal.”
• holding that parents in care and protection proceedings have right to effective assistance of counsel
• recognizing that a right to counsel is of little value without an expectation of effectiveness
• concluding that “the [criminal] standard set forth in [Commonwealth v. Saferian, 366 Mass. 89, 315 N.E.2d 878, 882-83 (1974
• preferring the filing of a motion for new trial and explaining that absent extraordinary circumstances, an IAC claim may not be raised for the first time on appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).