Adoption Jenna

A party in a proceeding to dispense with the need for parental consent to adoption of her minor child waived any objection to the matter being heard by a master by her assent to the appointment of a master at the pretrial conference and by her failure to present an objection to the Judge or master for a ruling. [740-741] The court expressed its view that, in the future, it would be inappropriate and an abuse of discretion for a Judge of the Probate and Family Court to refer a petition to dispense with the need for parental consent to adoption to a master, considering the nature of the inquiry and the attendant procedures. [741-743]