Legal Opinion
Adoption of Daisy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 20, 2011No. SJC-10889PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
The Department of Children and Families (department) filed a petition under G. L. c. 119, § 24, alleging that Daisy was a child in need of care and protection. 2 After trial, a judge in the Juvenile Court concluded that Daisy was a child in need of care and protection and dispensed with the need for her parents’ consent to adoption, guardianship, custody, or other disposition of the child pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 26, which effectively terminated the parents’ rights. Petition of the Dep’t of Social Servs. to Dispense with Consent to Adoption, 392 Mass. 696, 698 (1984). Only the mother…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- DiFiore v. American Airlines, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commissioner of Correction v. Superior Court Department of the Trial CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Adoption of QuentinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- In Re Department of Social Services to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Adoption of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- In re Adoption GarretMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2017
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