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ADOPTION OF ABIGAIL

23 Mass. App. Ct. 191 (1986)

499 N.E.2d 1234

ADOPTION OF ABIGAIL.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Franklin.

November 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Sibbison for the mother.

Kim E. Murdock, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Social Services.

Present: KASS, KAPLAN, & FINE, JJ.

KASS, J.

Sixteen days after her birth on October 27, 1982, Abigail was placed with the family by which the Department of Social Services proposes she be adopted. Nobody disputes the incapacity of Abigail's biological parents at the time of her initial placement. The question is the fitness of the biological mother2 to be Abigail's parent in mid-April, 1985, when the petition was heard...

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