IN THE MATTER OF MOE

No. 91-P-1150.

31 Mass. App. Ct. 473 (1991)

579 N.E.2d 682

IN THE MATTER OF MARY MOE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

October 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Norris for the petitioners.

Kathleen J. Wood for the ward.

C. Michele Dorsey, guardian ad litem.

Present: BROWN, DREBEN, & IRELAND, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

Petitioner is the mother and one of the two guardians of her mentally retarded adult daughter.1 On August 30, 1991, she petitioned the Probate Court seeking authorization to give consent for the ward to have an abortion and to be sterilized by a tubal ligation. After a hearing and the subsequent submission of medical reports, a probate judge, on September 25, 1991, denied the...

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