Opinion
14-P-726
12-18-2014
CARE AND PROTECTION OF KENDALL (and a companion case).
NOTICE: Decisions issued by the Appeals Court pursuant to its rule 1:28 are primarily addressed to the parties and, therefore, may not fully address the facts of the case or the panel's decisional rationale. Moreover, rule 1:28 decisions are not circulated to the entire court and, therefore, represent only the views of the panel that decided the case. A summary decision pursuant to rule 1:28, issued after February 25, 2008, may be cited for its persuasive value but, because of the limitations noted above, not as binding precedent.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 1:28
Upon review of the briefs, record appendix, and transcripts, and after oral argument, nothing has been made to appear that would cause us to disturb the decision of the Juvenile Court.
The circumstances of this case are controlled in material respects by the reasoning set out in Adoption of Paula, 420 Mass. 716, 730 (1995), and Adoption of Quentin, 424 Mass. 882, 886-887 (1997). See Petition of the Dept. of Social Servs. to Dispense with Consent to Adoption, 15 Mass. App. Ct. 161, 164 (1983) ("It is not necessary to show that a parent is guilty of physical abuse or great neglect in order to prove unfitness").
Judgments affirmed.
By the Court (Rubin, Brown & Sullivan, JJ.),
Panel members appear in order of seniority.
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Clerk Entered: December 18, 2014.