Case: Adoption of Anisha, Docket: 15-P-1611, 2016

Mother appealed a Juvenile Court decree finding her daughter in need of care and protection and dispensing with her consent to adoption. The court held that the trial court did not err in: admitting maternal grandmother’s grand jury testimony that was inconsistent with her testimony at trial, denying mother’s motion to recall the maternal grandmother as a witness, finding the mother unfit, finding the mother was present during father’s shaking of the child, drawing a negative inference against mother for not testifying, and denying post-termination visitation. Additionally, the court noted that even if the trial court did err in admitting the entire transcript of the maternal grandmother’s grand jury testimony, it was a harmless error.

  ADOPTION OF DOUGLAS (and five companion cases [Note 1]) 473 Mass. 1024 February 17, 2016 Oral Arguments: 2015/SJC_11918 These cases are appeals of consolidated care and protection petitions concerning six children — Douglas, Tom, Brian, Mark, Cole, and Frank. The appeals are brought by the biological mother of the six children; by the biological father of the two oldest

Case: Adoption of a Minor, 471 Mass. 373, 2015