Legal Opinion

In re Adoption of Neville

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided December 3, 2018No. 18-P-931Published

1Opinion of the Court

After a six-day trial, a Juvenile Court judge found the mother unfit to parent her children, Neville and Amy, terminated her parental rights, and approved the adoption plans of the Department of Children and Families (department). See G. L. c. 210, § 3. The mother appeals, claiming that the judge erred in concluding that it was in the children's best interests to terminate her parental rights, and that the department's adoption plan for Amy was insufficiently developed. We affirm.

1. The mother's unfitness. On July 14, 2015, the department filed a care and protection petition on behalf of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Adoption of HugoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  2. Adoption of VitoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
  3. Adoption of PaulaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  4. Adoption of CarlosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
  5. Hugo P. v. George P.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999

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