Legal Opinion
In Re the New Bedford Child & Family Service to Dispense With Consent to Adoption
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 1982PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
The New Bedford Child and Family Service filed a petition in a Probate Court seeking a decree under the provisions of G. L. c. 210, § 3, to dispense with the consent of the natural parents to the prospective adoption of their child. After a hearing, the probate judge dismissed the petition and ordered that physical custody of the child be given to the child’s father. The New Bedford Child and Family Service appeals, arguing that the judge erred (1) in awarding custody to the father in a proceeding under G. L. c. 210, § 3, where the custody issue was not raised by the pleadings; (2) in failing…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by36 opinions
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