Legal Opinion
In Re the Department of Social Services to Dispense With Consent to Adoption
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 1, 1983PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
This case involves appeals by the natural mother from judgments of the Probate and Family Court allowing two petitions of the Department of Social Services (department) to dispense with the need for consent of and notice to the mother in any subsequent proceedings for adoption of her male and female twin children who were born on November 8, 1975. We affirm the judge’s decisions.
The department filed the petitions on November 19, 1980, in the Probate and Family Court, pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 3. The mother filed a pro se appearance on December 30, 1980. A guardian ad litem was appointed on…
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