In re Adoption Xola

The father appeals from a decree by a judge of the Juvenile Court terminating his parental rights and dispensing with the need for his consent to the adoption of his daughter, Xola. See G. L. c. 210, § 3. The father claims the judge abused his discretion in allowing the mother to testify telephonically, and that several of the judge's factual findings were clearly erroneous.3 We affirm.

Background. After hearing testimony from the father, the mother, two social workers, and the foster mother, the judge made eighty-five findings of fact which were "both specific and detailed, demonstrating, as…