Care & Protection of Thomasina

A judge of the Juvenile Court adjudicated Thoma-sina and Neil to be in need of care and protection and committed them to the permanent custody of the Department of Children and Families (department), pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 26, as in effect prior to St. 2008, c. 176, § 84, and St. 2008, c. 215, § 64D.2 The biological mother of Thomasina and Neil, and Thomasina’s biological father, appeal from that adjudication, both claiming that the judge’s ultimate findings are not supported by the evidence and that parental unfitness was not clearly and convincingly established.3 The father…