ADOPTION OF A MINOR (NO. 2)


367 Mass. 684 (1975)

327 N.E.2d 875

ADOPTION OF A MINOR (NO. 2).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony P. Mondello for the individual petitioners.

Brian T. Monahan for the Department of Public Welfare.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & HENNESSEY, JJ.


BRAUCHER, J.

This is a dispute over the custody and adoption of a boy now four years old. The unmarried mother was the victim of a homicide, and the Department of Public Welfare (the department) obtained custody of the child. A Boston man had been adjudicated the father, but he had no desire to obtain custody; his mother (the grandmother) and her husband sought to obtain custody and to adopt the child, with the consent of...

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