Legal Opinion
In Re the Department of Social Services to Dispense With Consent to Adoption
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 18, 1983PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
The Department of Social Services (the Department) on January 30, 1980, filed a petition in the Pro bate and Family Court to dispense with the consent of or notice to the unmarried natural parents of any subsequent petition for adoption of Gilberto, a minor in the Department’s care and custody since August 28, 1978. Gilberto was born on July 4, 1978. The mother herself was born December 5, 1962. The natural father was born in 1943 or 1945.
The probate judge held several hearings on the petition and on June 16, 1981, made extensive findings (in addition to the facts outlined above). In the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Petition of the New England Home for Little WanderersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Bezio v. PatenaudeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Richards v. ForrestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Department of Social Services to Dispense with Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
- Adoption of OlivetteMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2011
- Petitions of Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1986