ADOPTION OF REID

No. 93-P-1569.

39 Mass. App. Ct. 338 (1995)

ADOPTION OF REID.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

October 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Carlsen for the mother.

R. Susan Dillard for the minor.

Robert L. Quinan, Jr., for Department of Social Services.

Present: KASS, SMITH, & LAURENCE, JJ.


SMITH, J.

The Department of Social Services filed a petition pursuant to G.L.c. 210, § 3, to dispense with the need for the consent of the parents to the adoption of their minor son, Reid (a pseudonym). The mother filed an objection to the allowance of the petition, and attorneys were appointed for both the mother and the child.1

After a trial, a Probate and Family Court judge allowed the department's petition. The mother...

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