ADOPTION OF DOUGLAS

No. SJC-11918.

473 Mass. 1024 (2016)

ADOPTION OF DOUGLAS (and five companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

February 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig T. Spratt for Douglas & others.

Warren M. Yanoff for father I.

Diana Cowhey McDermott for the mother.

Robert J. McCarthy, Jr. , for Cole & another.

Lynne M. Murphy for Department of Children and Families.

Jaime L. Prince & Andrew L. Cohen , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.


These cases are appeals of consolidated care and protection petitions concerning six children — Douglas, Tom, Brian, Mark, Cole, and Frank. The appeals are brought by the biological mother of the six children; by the biological father of the two oldest children (father I) — Douglas and Tom; and by four of the children — Douglas, Tom, Brian, and Mark. They appeal from the provisions of decrees of the Juvenile Court denying parental visitation after termination...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases