Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 210, § 6E (2026)

Decisions of adoptive parent on behalf of child

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Section 6E. Nothing contained in sections 6C and 6D shall be construed to abrogate the right of an adoptive parent to make decisions on behalf of his child.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2000–2017 · leading case: Adoption of Ilona, 944 N.E.2d 115 (Mass. 2011).

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Adoption of Ilona, 944 N.E.2d 115 (Mass. 2011). “210, § 6 (with exceptions not relevant here, in adoption, “all rights, duties and other legal consequences of the natural relation of child and parent shall thereafter exist” between child and adoptive parent, and shall terminate between child and natural parents); G. L. c. 210,…”

Adoption of Vito, 728 N.E.2d 292 (Mass. 2000). “” G. L. c. 210, § 6E. To make the existing § 3 consonant with these new sections, the Legislature also revised § 3 expressly to allow biological parents whose right to consent to an adoption has been terminated to enter into a postadoption visitation contract once the adoptive…”

S.M. v. M.P. (Mass. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “In addition, the adoptive parents' determination that the biological parents should no longer discuss or refer to themselves as the children's biological parents could be based on the provisions of G.”

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