ADOPTION OF CESAR

No. 06-P-437.

67 Mass. App. Ct. 708 (2006)

ADOPTION OF CESAR.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

November 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Quintilian for the mother.

Lisa M. Kling for the child.

Muriel Ann Finnegan for Department of Social Services.

Present: GREENBERG, GREEN, & GRAHAM, JJ.


GREEN, J.

Cesar was five years old when, on April 1, 1998, the Department of Social Services (department) removed him (and three older siblings) from his mother's custody and initiated a petition for their care and protection. During the period preceding the petition, his mother and her then boyfriend regularly abused drugs and alcohol — and her children.

Cesar was eleven years old in early 2004 at...

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