Adoption of Irene

A judge of the Boston Juvenile Court determined that the parents of Irene were unfit to parent their child and that their unfitness was likely to continue into the indefinite future to a near certitude. Consequently, he ordered the termination of parental rights pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 26(4), and c. 210, § 3(c). Neither parent appealed. Subsequently, the judge ordered that Irene be removed from the foster home in which she had resided from age five months to age two years and that custody be given to the child’s maternal grandmother. The judge also concluded that it was in Irene’s best…