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ADOPTION OF DARLA

No. 02-P-250.

56 Mass. App. Ct. 519 (2002)

ADOPTION OF DARLA.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Bristol.

November 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Mazza for the father.

Catherine C. Sinnott for the mother.

Virginia A. Peel, Special Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Social Services.

David A.F. Lewis for the child.

Present: KANTROWITZ, KASS, & MILLS, JJ.

KANTROWITZ, J.

In this appeal, the significant issue is whether a Juvenile Court judge erred in admitting in evidence findings from a prior termination of parental rights decision (concerning three other children) in a subsequent termination of parental rights trial involving a newborn child. In the circumstances of this case, we find no error.

1. Background. The parents were members of a tightknit...

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