ADOPTION OF IRWIN

No. 89-P-430.

28 Mass. App. Ct. 41 (1989)

545 N.E.2d 1193

ADOPTION OF IRWIN.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

November 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda E. Giles for the mother.

Melissa A. Edmondson for Department of Social Services.

Present: ARMSTRONG, KAPLAN, & DREBEN, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, J.

The mother of a four year old son, here called Irwin, appeals from a decree under G.L.c. 210, § 3, permitting him to be adopted without her consent. The requisite determination of unfitness, see Petition of the Dept. of Pub. Welfare to Dispense with Consent to Adoption, 383 Mass. 573, 588-589 (1981), was made despite findings that the mother has interacted appropriately with Irwin when with him, that bonds...

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