Legal Opinion

Adoption of Daniel

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided May 27, 2003No. 02-P-1523PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.

The mother appeals from decrees of the Worcester Juvenile Court dispensing with her consent to the adoption of *196her three minor children, twins Daniel and John (born on November 7, 1997) and Carla (bom on February 3, 1999). See G. L. c. 210, § 3.2 The mother contends that (1) the judge’s subsidiary findings, certain of which were clearly erroneous, demonstrated an absence of close attention to the evidence; (2) the mother’s lack of fitness to parent the children was not established by clear and convincing evidence; (3) the judge erroneously failed to make a finding regarding allegedly…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Custody of EleanorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  2. Adoption of GregoryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  3. Adoption of QuentinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
  4. Adoption of KatharineMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
  5. Adoption of KimberlyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Adoption of ElenaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
  2. Adoption of RhonaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
  3. Sutton v. ValoisMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
  4. Guardianship of EstelleMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
  5. In re Adoption (AndMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018

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