Case Name: Care and Protection of Stephanie
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1996-03-21
Citations: 422 Mass. 1004
Docket Number: 
Parties: Care and Protection of Stephanie.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 422
Pages: 1004–1004

Head Matter:
Care and Protection of Stephanie.
March 21, 1996.
Supreme Judicial Court,
Appeal from order of single justice.
William S. Powell for the mother.

Opinion:
This is an appeal under S.J.C. Rule 2:21, 421 Mass. 1303 (1995), from a single justice's denial of a petition for relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3 (1994 ed.). The petition sought relief from an interlocutory ruling in the District Court denying the mother's motion for an order that would require the Department of Social Services to permit the mother to be accompanied by her attorney during the mother's supervised visits with her child. Rule 2:21 (2) requires that an "appellant must set forth the reasons why review of the trial court decision cannot adequately be obtained on appeal from any final adverse judgment in the trial court or by other available means." The appellant mother has not demonstrated that review of the ruling in the trial court after trial and final judgment will not adequately protect her interests.
Judgment affirmed.