ADOPTION OF FRANKLIN

No. 20-P-876.

99 Mass. App. Ct. 787 (2021)

ADOPTION OF FRANKLIN (and two companion cases).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

June 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Penta for the father.

Jennifer L. Kernan for Department of Children and Families.

Christine Hamilton-Queiroz for Bruce.

Morgan A. Russell for Franklin and Cora.

Present: Milkey, Hand, & Grant, JJ.


This case involves the welfare of three children born in 2004, 2008, and 2009. In June of 2016, while the father was incarcerated, the Department of Children and Families (department) removed the children from the mother's care. One year later, the mother died from a drug overdose.<...

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