Legal Opinion
Department of Public Welfare v. J. K. B.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 16, 1979PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
We granted the defendant’s application for direct appellate review to consider whether an indigent parent is entitled to counsel appointed at State expense to represent him or her when contesting a petition to dispense with parental consent to adoption brought under G. L. c. 210, § 3(h). We conclude that an indigent parent is entitled to court-appointed counsel in proceedings brought to dispense with parental consent to adoption. G. L. c. 210, § 3.
The Department of Public Welfare (department) brought two petitions under G. L. c. 210, § 3, to dispense with parental consent to the adoption of…
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