ADOPTION OF GILLIAN

No. 04-P-1344.

63 Mass. App. Ct. 398 (2005)

ADOPTION OF GILLIAN (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Sirotkin Butler for the father.

Michael F. Kilkelly for the mother.

Brian Pariser for Department of Social Services.

Mary L. Gallant for the daughter.

Amy E. Valletta for the son.

Present: BECK, BERRY, & GRAHAM, JJ.


GRAHAM, J.

The parents appeal from decrees dispensing with their consent to the adoption of their twelve year old daughter Gillian and their nine year old son Stephen pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 3, and from the denial of their postjudgment motions for relief.

In her appeal, the mother chiefly challenges the ultimate finding of her unfitness as unsupported by the requisite quantum of clear and convincing evidence. The father's argument on appeal is primarily...

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