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ADOPTION OF ILONA

No. SJC-10741.

459 Mass. 53 (2011)

ADOPTION OF ILONA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 4, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Cuttle for the mother.

Diana Cowhey for the child.

Brian Pariser for Department of Children and Families.

Andrew L. Cohen , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.

GANTS, J.

The Department of Children and Families (department) filed a petition under G. L. c. 119, § 24, alleging that Ilona was a child in need of care and protection.2 After five days of trial, a judge in the Juvenile Court found that Ilona's mother and father were "currently unfit, unable and unavailable to further the welfare and best interest of [Ilona]" and that their unfitness was...

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