Maureen D. Davis v. Bennie C. McGuire III

[¶ 1] Maureen D. Davis appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Skowhegan, Stanfill, J. ) dismissing, for lack of standing, her complaint seeking to be determined a de facto parent of her grandson. See 19-A M.R.S. § 1891(2) (2017). Davis argues that the court erred by concluding after a contested hearing that she failed to establish that she has standing to proceed to a plenary hearing and that the court improperly held her to a greater standard than that to which an unrelated third party would be held. We affirm the judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] The following facts are either undisputed…