| Docket # | SJC-10889 |
| Date | March 8, 2011 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Adoption, Care and protection, Dispensing with parent's consent. Minor, Adoption. Parent and child, Adoption, Dispensing with parent's consent to adoption, Interference with parental rights, Testimony by child against parent. Practice, Civil, Adoption, Hearsay. Evidence, Hearsay. Statute, Construction. Department of Children & Families. |
| Appealed From | Norfolk Juvenile Court, Justice Mary M. McCallum |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Mother: Henry C. Porter |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Department of Children and Families: Muriel Finnegan
Child: Roberta Mann Driscoll |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
