Legal Opinion
Sylvander v. New England Home for Little Wanderers
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 3, 1978No. Civ. A. 75-4039-T and 76-2912-TPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TAURO, District Judge.
Plaintiff-petitioner (hereinafter plaintiff) 1 challenges the constitutionality of the statutory procedure under which her rights over her child were terminated without her consent. Defendant is a licensed child care agency. At issue is Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 210, § 3 2 which allows non-consensual termination upon a finding by a probate judge that adoption is in the “best interests” of a child who is in the custody of the Department of Public Welfare or a licensed child care agency.
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On June 28,1972, plaintiff gave birth out of wedlock, to a boy, Michael. 3…
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