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PETITIONS OF DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERV. TO DISPENSE

18 Mass. App. Ct. 120 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 1187

PETITIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO DISPENSE WITH CONSENT TO ADOPTION.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

May 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley R. Light for the mother.

M. Trant Campbell for the father.

Kathleen M. Bowers, Assistant Attorney General (Barbara F. Greenlee with her) for Department of Social Services.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., DREBEN, & SMITH, JJ.

GREANEY, C.J.

This is an appeal by the parents from decrees of a Probate Court entered pursuant to G.L.c. 210, § 3, dispensing with the need for the parents' consents to the adoption of two minor children. We affirm the decrees, concluding that the Department of Social Services (department) established by clear and convincing evidence that the parents are currently unfit to further the welfare and best interests of either of the children. See Santosky...

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