ADOPTION OF IRIS

No. 96-P-1138.

43 Mass. App. Ct. 95 (1997)

ADOPTION OF IRIS.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Sirotkin Butler for the parents.

Christopher E. Lee for Department of Social Services.

Thomas J. Brady for the child.

Present: PERRETTA, LAURENCE, & LENK, JJ.


LENK, J.

The parents of Iris appeal from a 1996 judgment of the Boston Juvenile Court adjudicating their young daughter as in need of care and protection, dispensing with their need to consent to her adoption, and committing Iris to the custody of the Department of Social Services (department) until the adoption plan for her can be effectuated. The proceedings below, as well as the department's involvement with Iris and her parents, all result from a single unexplained...

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