Legal Opinion
Adoption of Diane
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 8, 1987PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
On January 11, 1985, pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 3 (1985 Ann. Supp.), a judge of the Probate and Family Court Department allowed the petition of the Department of Social Services (department) to dispense with parental consent to adoption. A judge of the District Court previously had ordered, pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 26 (1984 ed.), that the child, bom June 9, 1974, be committed to the department “until she becomes eighteen years of age or until in the opinion of the department the object of her commitment has been accomplished.” Her natural mother appealed the allowance of the petition to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MandevilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Custody of Two MinorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. CollettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Petitions of the Department of Social Services to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Adoption of MaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Adoption of PaulaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Adoption of KimberlyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Adoption of CarlaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. OliveiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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