· 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
How courts have described this case
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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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