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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE v. J.K.B.

379 Mass. 1 (1979)

393 N.E.2d 406

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE vs. J.K.B.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rose Marie Adamo for the defendant.

Maureen Dewan, Assistant Attorney General, for the Department of Public Welfare.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

We granted the defendant's application for direct appellate review to consider whether an indigent parent is entitled to counsel appointed at State expense to represent him or her when contesting a petition to dispense with parental consent to adoption brought under G.L.c. 210, § 3(b). We conclude that an indigent parent is entitled to court-appointed counsel in proceedings brought to dispense with parental...

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