Legal Opinion
Adoption of Hugo
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 14, 1998PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
The Department of Social Services (DSS or department) and a minor child, whom we call Hugo, appealed from the rulings and order of a judge in the Boston Division of the Juvenile Court Department in a care and protection proceeding, under G. L. c. 119, §§ 24-29, and G. L. c. 210, § 3. DSS had proposed that Hugo, now four years old, be adopted by his foster mother, with whom he has lived from the age of two. The judge, in what he described as a 1 ‘heart-wrenching’’ decision, concluded that Hugo’s best interests would be served by an alternative plan proposed by the parents that he be adopted by…
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