ADOPTION OF MARC

NO. 00-P-50.

49 Mass. App. Ct. 798 (2000)

ADOPTION OF MARC.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Bristol.

August 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D. White for the mother.

Deborah D. Wolf for the child.

Susan Paulson, Assistant Attorney General, for the Department of Social Services.

Present: BROWN, SMITH, & GREENBERG, JJ.


GREENBERG, J.

Marc's mother voluntarily placed him in foster care when he was five years old while she tried to overcome her drug addiction. After three years, she had not succeeded and agreed to a Juvenile Court decree dispensing with the need for her consent to Marc's adoption. Eleven more months passed, and she changed her mind. Asserting that she was clean and sober, the mother moved for relief from judgment. Her motion was denied, and she appeals.

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