In re Moe

After conducting a hearing under G. L. c. 112, § 12S, a judge of the Superior Court declined to authorize an abortion of a sixteen year old minor’s pregnancy. That denial constituted a final judgment from which the minor appealed to this court. See Matter of Moe, 12 Mass. App. Ct. 298, 300 (1981). We have listened to a tape recording of the hearing. It disclosed two errors which require that we vacate the order of denial and authorize performance of the required abortion. Our order to that effect was entered on May 20, 1988.

1. Conduct of the hearing. We are concerned first with the conduct of…