PETITION FOR REVOCATION OF A DECREE FOR ADOPTION


350 Mass. 302 (1966)

214 N.E.2d 281

PETITION FOR REVOCATION OF A DECREE FOR ADOPTION OF A MINOR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

February 16, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Ela Tracy for the petitioners.

John F. Lombard for Lloyd Anderson, guardian ad litem.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., WHITTEMORE, KIRK, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

On December 20, 1955, by decree of the Probate Court for Worcester County the petitioners were granted leave to adopt the minor, a female child born in Worcester on March 11, 1946, and her name was changed to that of the petitioners. The father consented in writing. The mother had abandoned the child in January, 1952, and her whereabouts were unknown. The child, since September 16, 1952, had been under the...

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