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Adoption of Carla

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 9, 1993PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Liacos, CJ.

Sally, 1 the mother, appeals from a judgment of the Probate and Family Court allowing the petition of the Department of Social Services (department) to dispense with consent of the mother and the father to the adoption of their child, Carla. 2 G. L. c. 210, § 3 (1992 ed.). The mother argues on appeal that the judge (1) erroneously admitted in evidence three reports of an investigator prepared pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 24 (1992 ed.); (2) erroneously admitted hearsay statements of the child and of her brother; (3) erroneously admitted the testimony and evaluation of a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Green v. RichmondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  2. Adoption of MaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  3. Freyermuth v. LutfyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  4. Adoption of KimberlyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  5. DeJesus v. YogelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Adoption of PaulaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  2. Adoption of QuentinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
  3. Hoffman v. Houghton Chemical Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  4. Commonwealth v. KenistonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
  5. Commonwealth v. OliveiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002

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