ADOPTION OF FRAN.

No. 01-P-66.

54 Mass. App. Ct. 455 (2002)

ADOPTION OF FRAN (and two companion cases).

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Bristol.

April 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Mazza for the father.

Virginia A. Peel for Department of Social Services.

David A.F. Lewis for the children.

Present: KANTROWITZ, COWIN, & McHUGH. JJ.


McHUGH, J.

When this litigation began, Fran, Sally, and Jane, now respectively aged eight, six and one-half, and five and one-half years, were living with their father and mother and a group of other adults and children in an environment permeated by strict and unyielding adherence to the group's religious beliefs. On November 10, 1999, after an investigation by the Attleboro and Seekonk police departments and the...

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