Guardianship of Zacharia Hartley Stevens

[¶ 1] This appeal causes us to consider the scope of the Probate Court’s discretion regarding transitional arrangements to reunite a child under a guardianship with his biological parent. Kristy Lynn Bouchard Hill appeals from a judgment entered in the Penobscot County Probate Court (Woodcock, J.) denying her petition to terminate the guardianship of her son, Zacha-ria. Because we conclude that the court erred in denying Hill’s petition without providing for transitional arrangements to restore Zacharia to Hill’s custody, we vacate the judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] Zacharia was born to Kristy…