Legal Opinion

In re Adoption Quina

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided October 6, 2017No. 17-P-265Published

1Opinion of the Court

The mother appeals from decrees issued by a judge of the Juvenile Court finding her unfit as a parent and terminating her parental rights to her three children, Quina, Kristi, and Sara. We affirm.

Background. The termination of parental rights trial took place over fifteen days between January and September, 2015. After hearing testimony from twelve witnesses and reviewing seventy-six exhibits, the judge made the following findings of fact, which are amply supported in the record. The children were born in 2006, 2009, and 2010, and were removed from the mother's custody in 2013 by the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Adoption of IlonaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
  2. Adoption of CarlosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
  3. Care & Protection of BruceMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
  4. DonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  5. Adoption of PeggyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002

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