Adoption of a Minor

The foster parents of the minor child appeal from a decree entered by a Middlesex County probate judge denying their petition for adoption (G. L. c. 210, § 3 [a]) and allowing the petition of the minor child’s biological mother for custody of the child. The attorney appointed for the minor child joins in the appeal. Appellants contend: (1) that the probate judge erred in failing to apply the standard of the best interests of the child; (2) that certain of the probate judge’s findings are clearly erroneous; and (3) that the probate judge erred in ruling that the biological mother’s parental…