Legal Opinion
In Re the Department of Social Services to Dispense With Consent to Adoption
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 9, 1984PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
On September 14, 1981, a judge of the Probate and Family Court Department entered a decree allowing the petition of the Department of Social Services (department) to dispense with the need for parental consent for the adoption of a minor child. See G. L. c. 210, § 3. The father appealed this decree to the Appeals Court. On the motion of the department, the Appeals Court remanded the case to the Probate Court for further findings of fact. See Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982). Cf. Custody of a Minor, 389 Mass. 755, 766 (1983) (under Santosky, “[e]vi- dence that is at least ‘clear and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Petition of the New England Home for Little WanderersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Bezio v. PatenaudeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Custody of EleanorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Adoption of MaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Adoption of HugoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Adoption of GregoryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Care & Protection of StephenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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