in the Interest of M.L.L.R., a Child

How courts have described this case

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

• deferring to judge's subsidiary findings, but reviewing without deference legal conclusion as to whether \a substantial risk of serious harm to others\ was met
• hearsay is admissible in commitment hearings but it is \the judge's obligation to ensure that any hearsay on which he or she relies is 'substantially reliable'\ [citation omitted]
• in context of G. L. c. 123, § 35, \what must be shown is a substantial risk that the harm will materialize in the reasonably short term -- in days or weeks rather than in months\
• abrogated on other grounds, Matter of a Minor, 484 Mass. 295, 299 (2020)
• in context of involuntary civil commitment proceeding, \'imminent' does not mean 'immediate'\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).