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ADOPTION OF YADIRA

SJC-12113.

476 Mass. 491 (2017)

ADOPTION OF YADIRA (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 14, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanne M. Kaiser for the mother.

Brian Pariser for Department of Children and Families.

Nena S. Negron for Yadira & others.

Michael F. Kilkelly, for the father, was present but did not argue.

Present: GANTS, C.J., BOTSFORD, LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.

We granted an application for direct appellate review in this case to determine whether the Code of Federal Regulations, 45 C.F.R. § 400.115(c) (1998), allows the Department of Children and Families (department) to petition for termination of parental rights on behalf of unaccompanied refugee minors whose parents also are present in...

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