Legal Opinion
Adoption of Kimberly
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 9, 1993PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The mother of two minor children appeals from judgments of the Probate and Family Court, dispensing with the need for her consent to the adoption of her daughters, Kimberly and Joyce, pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 3 (1990 ed.). She argues that (1) the judge’s findings regarding current parental unfitness and the best interests of the children were not supported by clear and convincing evidence; (2) the failure of the Department of Social Services (department) to provide timely and appropriate services to prevent the dissolution of the family requires reversal of the judge’s decision to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Petition of the New England Home for Little WanderersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Freyermuth v. LutfyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Adoption of CarlosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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- Adoption of GregoryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Adoption of PaulaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- DutilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Adoption of QuentinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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