ADOPTION OF SEAN

No. 93-P-683.

36 Mass. App. Ct. 261 (1994)

630 N.E.2d 604

ADOPTION OF SEAN & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

March 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas C. Walker for the mother.

Margaret Clapp Winchester for the father.

Ann Balmelli O'Connor for Department of Social Services.

Amy E. Valletta (Warren M. Yanoff with her) for the children.

Present: ARMSTRONG, JACOBS, & PORADA, JJ.


PORADA, J.

The mother and father of two minor children appeal from a decree of the Probate and Family Court dispensing with the need for their consent to the adoption of the children pursuant to G.L.c. 210, § 3. The mother claims that the judge erred in admitting in evidence portions of a guardian ad litem's report and that the judge's conclusion that the mother was unfit was not based on clear and convincing evidence. The father claims that the judge erred in...

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