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IN RE ADOPTION OF MEAGHAN

SJC-10915.

461 Mass. 1006 (2012)

ADOPTION OF MEAGHAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

January 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Heffernan , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Shelli C. Hamer , for the child, submitted a brief.

Margaret M. Geary , for the father, submitted a brief.

The legal guardians of a child, as "person[s] having [her] care or custody," filed a petition to adopt her pursuant to G. L. c. 210, §§ 3 (a), 6. The child's father, who is indigent and whose parental rights will be terminated if the guardians' petition is granted, filed an objection to the adoption.1 A judge in the Probate and Family Court appointed counsel for the father and child. The Committee for Public Counsel Services ...

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