Legal Opinion

Adoption of Lenore

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided June 21, 2002No. 01-P-16PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcHugh, J.

Petitions to dispense with consent to adoption often reveal difficult human dilemmas. This case surely is no exception. Our review of the record and of the trial judge’s *276findings of fact and conclusions of law persuades us, however, that the ultimate finding of parental unfitness was supported by clear and convincing evidence and that none of the alleged errors about which the parents complain are sufficient to vitiate the judge’s decision. Accordingly, we affirm.

Lenore, the subject of the petition, was born on March 8, 1996. At the time, her mother was just over twenty years of age and her…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Adoption of MaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  2. Adoption of VitoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
  3. Adoption of GregoryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  4. Care & Protection of RobertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
  5. In Re Department of Social Services to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Adoption of IlonaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
  2. In re D.C.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2010
  3. Adoption of RicoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  4. Adoption of IlonaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2010
  5. In re Adoption of PosyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018

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