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Adoption of Astrid

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided October 2, 1998No. 96-P-1713PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

Astrid was bom in Massachusetts on October 15, 1993. Her parents’ home State is more than 1,000 miles away. The mother came to Massachusetts on October 6, 1993, gave birth, and returned to the parents’ home State on October 20, 1993, a few hours after the Massachusetts Department of Social Services (DSS) obtained an emergency order granting DSS temporary custody of the five day old baby. So far as the record shows, the father has never been in Massachusetts. Astrid has lived with her preadoptive foster parents since July, 1994.

Neither parent has attended any of the proceedings in…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
  3. Kagan v. LevensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
  4. Custody of Two MinorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  5. Adoption of MaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Adoption of FranMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
  2. Adoption of TinaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
  3. Adoption of KeefeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000
  4. Adoption of NatashaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
  5. In re Adoption VanessaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2017

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