Adoption of Nancy & another

Summary

The court affirmed decrees dispensing with the father's consent to adoption of his two daughters. It held that termination of parental rights may be ordered even when it is not necessary to implement the children's current permanency plans, and that the judge's detailed findings regarding the father's persistent alcohol abuse and inability to rehabilitate supported termination as in the children's best interests. The court also concluded that the judge adequately considered the children's wishes through findings concerning placement and visitation, even though she did not make a separate finding about their views on termination itself.