Massachusetts Appeals Court April 23, 2003, No. 02-P-595 (Care & Protection of Olga)

McHugh, J.

Parental cocaine addiction and domestic violence led the Department of Social Services (department) to file a *822petition for care and protection of Olga, then twelve, and her brothers, Joseph, then four, and Daniel, then two and one-half, in February, 1998. The department obtained custody of the children and placed them in a foster home.