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ADOPTION OF EMILY

No. 87-933.

25 Mass. App. Ct. 579 (1988)

521 N.E.2d 399

ADOPTION OF EMILY.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina L. Harms for the Department of Social Services.

Bette A. Winik, for the mother, was present but did not argue.

Present: ARMSTRONG, DREBEN, & WARNER, JJ.

WARNER, J.

On June 28, 1985, a District Court judge found the parents of Emily unfit and ordered her permanently committed to the care and custody of the Department of Social Services (department). See G.L.c. 119, § 26. On July 8, 1985, the father appealed, and the appeal was docketed in this court on March 5, 1987. Meanwhile, the department, on June 23, 1986, filed in a Probate Court a petition to dispense with the parents' consent to the adoption of Emily....

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