ADOPTION OF ODETTA

No. 14-P-211.

87 Mass. App. Ct. 576 (2015)

ADOPTION OF ODETTA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

June 26, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Afton M. Templin ( Belle Soloway with her) for the father.

William Cuttle, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Children and Families.

David Jonathan Cohen for the child.

Present: GRAINGER, RUBIN, & BLAKE, JJ.


In a case of first impression, we determine that under the limited circumstances present in this case, it is in the best interests of the child to enjoy postadoption visitation with a relative who is neither a de facto parent, sibling, or grandparent.

The father and the mother were the unmarried parents of Odetta, born in September...

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