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ADOPTION OF LELAND

No. 05-P-898.

65 Mass. App. Ct. 580 (2006)

ADOPTION OF LELAND.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

February 24, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine C. Sinnott for the father.

Brian Pariser for Department of Social Services.

Lisa M. Kling for the child.

Present: Laurence, Grasso, & Doerfer, JJ.

DOERFER, J.

The father of Leland, who was born on January 4, 2000, appeals from a decree of the Juvenile Court finding him currently unfit to care for his son, awarding permanent custody to the Department of Social Services (DSS), terminating his parental rights, and adopting DSS's permanency plan while denying the father's petition for guardianship of the child. We agree with the father that the subsidiary findings taken together do not prove the father to be currently...

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