Legal Opinion

In re Adoption (And

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided October 31, 2017No. 17–P–182Published

1Opinion of the Court

A judge of the Juvenile Court ordered the entry of decrees terminating the parental rights of the mother and father as to Ariston and Max (children). The father appeals from the finding of his unfitness and the termination of his parental rights. The mother appeals from the determination that posttermination and postadoption visitation with the children "shall be left to the reasonable discretion of the legal custodians." We conclude that the judge's findings of fact are supported by the record and that those findings, when taken together, are sufficient to prove the father unfit. We discern…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Building Inspector of Lancaster v. SandersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  2. Custody of EleanorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  3. Custody of Two MinorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  4. Adoption of IlonaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
  5. Adoption of VitoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000

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