ADOPTION OF BEA

No. 19-P-289.

97 Mass. App. Ct. 416 (2020)

ADOPTION OF BEA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

May 13, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Papirio for the mother.

Adelaida P. Jasperse for Department of Children and Families.

Amy L. Perry Mercier for the child.

Present: LEMIRE, SINGH, & WENDLANDT, JJ.


The mother appeals from a decree entered by a Juvenile Court judge finding her unfit and terminating her parental rights to her daughter, Bea. On appeal, the mother contends that the judge abused her discretion by allowing testimony from an expert who observed the mother and the child for two hours in connection with providing an opinion...

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