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Adoption of Leland

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided February 24, 2006No. 05-P-898PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDoerfer, J.

The father of Leland, who was bom on January 4, 2000, appeals from a decree of the Juvenile Court finding him currently unfit to care for his son, awarding permanent custody to the Department of Social Services (DSS), terminating his parental rights, and adopting DSS’s permanency plan while denying the father’s petition for guardianship of the child. We agree with the father that the subsidiary findings taken together do not prove the father to be currently unfit by the requisite clear and convincing evidence.2

*581Procedural history and background. We summarize the relevant facts and procedural…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Custody of EleanorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  2. Adoption of MaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  3. Care & Protection of Three MinorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  4. Adoption of KatharineMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
  5. Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Adoption of ImeldaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2008
  2. Care & Protection of JamisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
  3. Catledge v. EvansMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
  4. Adoption of ZoltanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2008
  5. Adoption of LinusMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009

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