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· 5/29/1986

Petition of the Department of Social Services to Dispense With Consent to Adoption

Citations

  • 493 N.E.2d 197
  • 397 Mass. 659
  • 1986 Mass. LEXIS 1331

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  • “subsidiary findings fully support[ed] [judge’s] ultimate conclusion, and the record in turn supports his subsidiary findings”
  • judge confined his use of hospital records to evidence of the mother’s medical condition and disregarded psychiatric records
  • \judge's assessment of the weight of the evidence and the credibility of the witnesses is entitled to deference\ [citation omitted]

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Judges: Hennessey, Lucos, Lynch, Nolan, O'Connor

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