Case Name: Jean W. & others vs. Commonwealth & others
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1993-03-08
Citations: 414 Mass. 496
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jean W. & others vs. Commonwealth & others.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 414
Pages: 496–525

Head Matter:
Jean W. & others vs. Commonwealth & others.
Essex.
September 15, 1992.
March 8, 1993.
Present: Liacos, CJ„ Wilkins. Abrams. Nolan, Lynch, O’Connor, & Greaney, JJ.
Michael P. Hickey for the plaintiffs.
Mark P. Sutliff, Assistant Attorney General (Timothy A. Mullen, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the Commonwealth.
Joshua W. and Nathaniel W., minor children, by their mother.
The Massachusetts Parole Board and the Department of Correction.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The judgment of the Superior Court dismissing the complaint is reversed. The plaintiffs shall have thirty days from the date of the issuance of the rescript to file an amended complaint in the Superior Court. The case is remanded to the Superior Court for further proceedings.
So ordered.
Separate opinions of Chief Justice Liacos; Justice Wilkins, with whom Justice Abrams joins; Justice O'Connor, with whom Justices Nolan and Lynch join; and Justice Greaney appear below.