IN RE ADOPTION OF OLIVETTE

No. 10-P-858.

79 Mass. App. Ct. 141 (2011)

ADOPTION OF OLIVETTE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

March 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew L. Cohen , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the father.

Henry C. Porter for the mother.

Richard A. Salcedo for Department of Children and Families.

Robert E. Curtis, Jr. , for the child.

Present: BERRY, SMITH, & GREEN, JJ.


GREEN, J.

Among the claims of error raised by the parents in their appeals from decrees terminating their parental rights is the claim that the trial judge erred in admitting hearsay testimony concerning the child's allegations of sexual abuse pursuant to G. L. c. 233, § 82. We conclude that the judge did not abuse his discretion in concluding that the testimony satisfied the requirements of § 82 and, discerning no merit in the parents' other claims of error...

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