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PETITIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVERCES

399 Mass. 279 (1987)

503 N.E.2d 1275

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

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jura Strimaitis (George Casey with her) for Department of Social Services.

Jeffrey Quinn for the parents.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

On October 21, 1985, a judge of the Middlesex Division of the Probate and Family Court Department entered a judgment dismissing petitions of the Department of Social Services (department)1 to dispense with the need for parental consent for the adoption of two minor children. G.L.c. 210, § 3 (1984 ed.). The department appealed the decision to the Appeals Court. The Appeals Court...

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