In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to Adoption

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1981-05-07

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Liacos, J. On April 22, 1980, a judge of the Probate Court rendered a judgment granting a petition brought by the Department of Public Welfare (department) to dispense with parental consent to the adoption of a minor child. See G. L. c. 210, § 3. The mother appealed, and we transferred the appeal here on our own motion. The judgment bel…

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