ADOPTION OF YVETTE (NO. 1).

No. 07-P-87.

71 Mass. App. Ct. 327 (2008)

ADOPTION OF YVETTE (No. 1) (and three companion cases).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Sirotkin Butler (Michael L. Rich with her) for the great-aunt.

Deborah W. Kirchwey for the grandmother.

Daniel R. Katz for the father.

Matthew H. Beaulieu for the mother.

Brian Pariser for Department of Social Services.

Azizah P. Yasin for the children.

Present: CYPHER, DREBEN, & COHEN, JJ.


COHEN, J.

A judge of the Suffolk County Division of the Juvenile Court Department adjudicated Yvette and Frank to be in need of care and protection, committed them to the custody of the Department of Social Services (department), and dispensed with the need for their parents' consent to adoption. In so doing, the judge also determined that the children should not be placed in the care of either their paternal grandmother (grandmother) or their paternal great-aunt...

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