Massachusetts Appeals Court September 5, 2001, No. 99-P-2008 (Adoption of Dora)

Cohen, J.

The mother2 and father of a minor child,3 whom we call Dora, appeal from a decree of the Waltham District Court *473adjudicating Dora to be in need of care and protection, pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 26, and dispensing with the need for the parents to consent to her adoption, pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 3.