ADOPTION OF TIA

No. 08-P-281.

73 Mass. App. Ct. 115 (2008)

ADOPTION OF TIA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Franklin-Hampshire.

November 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret M. Geary for the mother.

Madonna E. Cournoyer, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Children and Families.

Deborah W. Kirchwey for the child.

Present: MCHUGH, BROWN, & GREEN, JJ.


McHUGH, J.

The mother appeals from a decree of the Franklin and Hampshire Counties Division of the Juvenile Court Department terminating her parental rights to her daughter, Tia. On appeal, the mother argues that comments the judge made at the beginning of the trial, in conjunction with the judge's extensive use of the Department of Children and Families' (DCF) proposed findings of fact, prejudiced her and warrant...

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