ADOPTION OF AZZIZA

No. 10-P-441.

77 Mass. App. Ct. 363 (2010)

ADOPTION OF AZZIZA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

August 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Balmelli O'Connor for the father.

Kiernan E. Joliat, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Children and Families.

Daniel R. Katz for the child.

Present: KANTROWITZ, KATZMANN, & HANLON, JJ.


KANTROWITZ, J.

In this case, the ineffectiveness of counsel constrains us to reverse a decree adjudicating the father as unfit and terminating his parental rights.

Following the trial where his parental rights were terminated, the father unsuccessfully moved for a new trial on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel, claiming that his attorney failed to prepare for trial or file proposed findings of fact, and failed to call witnesses on his behalf,...

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