ADOPTION OF JOHN

No. 00-P-1506.

53 Mass. App. Ct. 431 (2001)

ADOPTION OF JOHN.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Sirotkin Butler for the mother.

Richard A. Salcedo for Department of Social Services. William A. Comeau for the child.

Present: DUFFLY, KANTROWITZ, & MCHUGH, JJ.


DUFFLY, J.

The mother appeals from a decree entered pursuant to an agreement for judgment dispensing with the need for her consent to the adoption of her son John. She contends that the agreement, including the trial judge's inquiry as to whether her consent was knowing and voluntary, was insufficient to create a valid surrender of her parental rights, and that the judge's order regarding postadoption visitation requires clarification. We affirm the decree, but remand...

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