Legal Opinion
Petition of Dept. of Public Welfare
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 29, 1978PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The respondent parents appeal from two Probate Court decrees allowing petitions brought by the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) to dispense with parental consent to adoption. The petitions were brought pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 3, on behalf of the respondents’ two minor children.
The DPW originally filed the petitions in March, 1974. In June, 1974, the respondents obtained a continuance so that psychiatric evaluations could be made. In 1975, the judge appointed a guardian ad litem for the children and the cases were again continued pending the guardian ad litem’s investigation and report.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by48 opinions
- In Re the Guardianship of DMHSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1999
- Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Adoption of MaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Adoption of IlonaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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