Legal Opinion

In re Adoption Inigo

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided November 13, 2018No. 18-P-373Published

1Opinion of the Court

Following a trial in the Juvenile Court, the judge found the father unfit to care for his three children, and concluded that termination of his parental rights was in the children's best interests. See G. L. c. 119, § 26 ; G. L. c. 210, § 3. On appeal, the father contends that the judge erred by (1) using improper criteria to determine his parental fitness; (2) finding that the Department of Children and Families' (department) reunification services were adequate; and (3) improperly denying the father posttermination visits. We affirm.

Discussion. 1. Parental fitness. We review the decision of…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DomanskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
  2. Petition of the New England Home for Little WanderersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  3. Bezio v. PatenaudeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  4. In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  5. Adoption of IlonaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011

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