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ADOPTION OF KARLA

No. 96-P-1833.

46 Mass. App. Ct. 64 (1998)

ADOPTION OF KARLA.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 29, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth F. MacIver, Jr., for the mother.

Elizabeth Keliher for Department of Social Services.

Warren M. Yanoff for the child.

Present: GREENBERG, SMITH, & FLANNERY, JJ.

FLANNERY, J.

This is an appeal from a decree entered by the Probate and Family Court dispensing with the mother's consent to the adoption of her eight year old daughter, pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 3. The mother asserts that collateral estoppel principles precluded the judge's determination of unfitness, that the judge's findings were not supported by the evidence, and that her conclusion was not based on clear...

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