Legal Opinion

Adoption of Douglas

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 17, 2016No. SJC 11918PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

These cases are appeals of consolidated care and protection petitions concerning six children — Douglas, Tom, Brian, Mark, Cole, and Frank. The appeals are brought by the biological mother of the six children; by the biological father of the two oldest children (father I) — Douglas and Tom; and by four of the children —Douglas, Tom, Brian, and Mark. They appeal from the provisions of decrees of the Juvenile Court denying parental visitation after termination of the parental rights of the mother, father I, and the biological father of the four younger children (father II) — Brian, Mark, Cole,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  3. Adoption of MaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  4. Commonwealth v. AdamidesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
  5. Adoption of IlonaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. In re Adoption of Madysen S.Nebraska Supreme Court · 2016
  2. In re Riley B.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2022
  3. Adoption of XarissaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2021
  4. In re Adoption FabianaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018
  5. In re Adoption FernMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018

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