ADOPTION OF ABBY

No. 04-P-391.

62 Mass. App. Ct. 816 (2005)

ADOPTION OF ABBY.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

January 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret M. Geary for the mother.

Victoria S. Cole, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Social Services.

R. Susan Dillard, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the child.

Present: DUFFLY, COHEN, & GREEN, JJ.


COHEN, J.

The mother of a minor child, whom we call Abby, appeals from a decree of the Worcester Juvenile Court adjudicating Abby in need of care and protection and dispensing with the need for the mother's consent to Abby's adoption.2 An essential element of the judge's decision was a finding that the mother had inflicted or otherwise was responsible for injuries sustained by Abby when...

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