Adoption of Georgia

Mary (a pseudonym), the mother of Georgia and Jane, appeals from a decision of the FranMin-Hampshire Division of the Juvenile Court Department entered in a combined proceeding that adjudicated Georgia and Jane in need of care and protection and dispensed with the need for Mary’s consent to their adoption.2 Represented by new counsel on appeal, Mary (1) argues that the judge prejudged the case before all the evidence was submitted, so that a new trial is required; (2) makes a series of arguments that the judge’s decision fails to credit her with personal qualities reflecting her fitness as a…