In re Trisha L.

WATHEN, Justice.

Theresa L., mother of Trisha L., appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Madawaska, Daigle, J.) granting the petition of the Department of Human Services (DHS) to terminate her parental rights. The mother argues that the District Court could not hear the petition because she did not receive notice of DHS’s decision to cease reunification efforts prior to service of the petition in accordance with 22 M.R.S.A. § 4041(2)(B) (Supp.1990).1 We disagree and affirm the judgment.

On May 23, 1989, the District Court issued a Child Protection Order that awarded custody of Trisha L.…