Legal Opinion
Petition for Revocation of a Judgment for Adoption of a Minor
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 19, 1984PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
This is an appeal by the maternal grandmother of a minor from the denial of a petition for revocation of a judgment of adoption. Pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 3, the child was adopted by foster parents. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion. We affirm.
The events leading to this appeal are as follows: The child was bom in 1975 and placed in the care of the Department of Social Services (department) in 1978, pursuant to a voluntary *557agreement executed by the child’s mother.1 The department placed the child with the A’s, the child’s present adoptive family, with whom the child…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Moore v. City of East ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Caban v. MohammedSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bezio v. PatenaudeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Purinton v. JamrockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- In re Peter L.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Edgar v. EdgarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Petition of the Department of Social ServicesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
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