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ADOPTION OF PEGGY

436 Mass. 690 (2002)

ADOPTION OF PEGGY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

May 3, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Sheehan for the father.

Ann Balmelli-O'Connor for Department of Social Services.

Warren Yanoff (Amy E. Valletta with him) for the child.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

A judge in the Worcester Division of the Juvenile Court Department adjudicated the five year old daughter, whom we shall call Peggy, of S.T. (father), an Indian national living in the Commonwealth on a temporary work visa, in need of care and protection and committed her to the permanent custody of the Department of Social Services (department), pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 26. The judge also ordered the...

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