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ADOPTION OF EDMUND

No. 00-P-33.

50 Mass. App. Ct. 526 (2000)

ADOPTION OF EDMUND.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Essex.

November 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. McCarthy, Jr., for the father.

Lisa Thompson Cioffi for Department of Social Services.

Garry M. O'Brien for the child.

Present: BECK, DREBEN, & DUFFLY, JJ.

DUFFLY, J.

A decree dispensing with the need to obtain a father's2 consent to the adoption of his child, pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 3, was entered in the Probate and Family Court on August 5, 1999, after trial. The father, who was not present at trial because he was incarcerated in New Hampshire, claims on appeal that he was not afforded a meaningful opportunity to be heard. We agree with the father and remand for further proceedings...

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