Adoption of Dora

The mother2 and father of a minor child,3 whom we call Dora, appeal from a decree of the Waltham District Court *473adjudicating Dora to be in need of care and protection, pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 26, and dispensing with the need for the parents to consent to her adoption, pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 3. The parents challenge the correctness of the judge’s findings and conclusions as to parental unfitness. They also contend that the trial judge erred by failing to decide, in conjunction with issuing the decree dispensing with the need for parental consent, which of two potential adoption…