Adoption of Pierce
Massachusetts Appeals Court
1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.
Louise (bom on May 23, 1987), is the half-sister of Pierce (bom on March 8, 1993). Louise appeals from a decree dispensing with consent to the adoption of Pierce, claiming that the Juvenile Court judge violated Louise’s rights by failing to *343order postadoption visitation with Pierce as part of the decree.2 Louise also appeals the denial of her motion for sibling visitation, brought under G. L. c. 119, § 26. Louise raises several constitutional, statutory, and common law arguments common to both appeals. We dismiss Louise’s appeal of the decree dispensing with parental consent to the adoption…
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- Youmans v. RamosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
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