· 9/23/2010
Adoption of Daisy
Citations
- 77 Mass. App. Ct. 768
- 934 N.E.2d 252
- 2010 Mass. App. LEXIS 1253
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the statutory language dictated that “it is the age of the child when the statements were made that is the determinative consideration”
- mother filed motion claiming that department had abused its discretion by failing to secure specific services
- \[the department] was not in a position to force an eleven year old child to attend visits against her will\
- parent's delay in obtaining therapy undermined claim that department failed to make reasonable efforts
- mother's delay in obtaining therapy for herself undermined her inadequate services claim
- mother's delay in obtaining therapy for herself undermined her inadequate services claim
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Judges: Grasso, Cohen, Sikora
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