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ADOPTION OF ERICA

426 Mass. 55 (1997)

ADOPTION OF ERICA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

October 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Bowman, Jr. (Katherine M. Potter with him) for Department of Social Services.

Elizabeth B. Dunn for the minor.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.

MARSHALL, J.A.

proceeding was commenced by the Department of Social Services (department) in the Essex Probate and Family Court to dispense with the need for a mother's consent to her child's adoption, G. L. c. 210, § 3. The child, whom we shall call Erica, challenges an order of a judge who concluded that, because Erica's attorney formerly represented Erica's grandfather in other proceedings, the attorney had a conflict...

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