Legal Opinion
Adoption of Frederick
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 4, 1989PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
The mother of a minor child appeals from a judgment of the Probate and Family Court, dispensing with the need for her consent to the adoption of her son, arising out of a proceeding sponsored by the Boston Children’s Services Association (BCSA). See G. L. c. 210, § 3 (1986 ed.). The mother raises five issues on appeal: (1) that the probate judge erred in excluding certain evidence which addressed facts already determined in a care and protection case; (2) that the probate judge improperly relied upon the deterioration of the family’s relationship caused by court-ordered separation; (3) that…
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