Legal Opinion
Guardianship of Gabriel W.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 24, 1995PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Justice.
Elaine F., the mother of Gabriel W., appeals from the judgment entered in the Pe-nobscot County Probate Court (Woodcock, J.) denying her petition for the termination of her son’s guardianship. Elaine contends that the court lacked subject matter and personal jurisdiction when it granted the petition for guardianship to Bernadette Oster. She also submits that the court erred in denying her petition on grounds of unchanged circumstances. Finding no error by the Probate Court, we affirm the judgment.
Background
Elaine F. and James W. married in 1981. They had a son, Gabriel, and a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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