Massachusetts Appeals Court November 6, 1986 (Adoption of Gregory)

We affirm decrees of the Probate Court for Plymouth County which, at the suit of the Department of Social Services (Department), declared pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 3, that the consent of the parents, the Johnsons (not their real name), is not required .in connection with any petition for the adoption of their three children, whom we shall call Gregory, Christine, and Renee.