Legal Opinion

Adoption of Jacques

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided October 10, 2012No. 11-P-190PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.

The mother and Jacques appeal from a decree of the Juvenile Court terminating the mother’s parental rights to her son, Jacques. They claim that the ultimate findings were not supported by clear and convincing evidence and that the judge erred in failing to order postadoption visitation. We affirm.2

1. Background. We summarize the facts, as found by the trial judge, with additional undisputed facts from the record. Jacques was bom on June 13, 2000, to the mother, who was twenty-four years old at that time.3 The mother has one older son and one younger daughter, Andrea, neither of whom are in…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Adoption of MaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  2. Adoption of IlonaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
  3. Adoption of HugoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  4. Adoption of NancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  5. Adoption of KimberlyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993

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3Cited by34 opinions

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  3. Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 97000 v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2026
  4. In re AdoptionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2019
  5. In re Adoption (AndMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018

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