Legal Opinion

In re Cali

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided October 2, 2018No. 17-P-1557Published

1Opinion of the Court

The mother appeals from a decree issued by a judge of the Juvenile Court finding her unfit to parent her daughter, Cali, and terminating her parental rights.3 See G. L. c. 210, § 3. She argues that the trial judge's factual findings are insufficient to establish her parental unfitness by clear and convincing evidence, that the Department of Children and Families (department) did not make reasonable efforts to reunify her with Cali, and that the case should be remanded for the judge to reconsider posttermination visitation. We affirm.

Background. The judge's subsidiary findings and the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Adoption of IlonaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
  2. Adoption of GregoryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  3. Adoption of PaulaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  4. Adoption of NancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  5. Adoption of KatharineMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997

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