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PETITION OF NEW BEDFORD CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE

385 Mass. 482 (1982)

432 N.E.2d 97

PETITION OF THE NEW BEDFORD CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE TO DISPENSE WITH CONSENT TO ADOPTION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

March 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Cronin for New Bedford Child and Family Service.

James H. Fogarty (Barbara Heckman Hendrie with him) for the father.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

NOLAN, J.

The New Bedford Child and Family Service filed a petition in a Probate Court seeking a decree under the provisions of G.L.c. 210, § 3, to dispense with the consent of the natural parents to the prospective adoption of their child. After a hearing, the probate judge dismissed the petition and ordered that physical custody of the child be given to the child's father. The New Bedford Child and Family Service appeals, arguing that the judge erred (1) in...

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