Legal Opinion

In Re Peter M.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 11, 1992PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLIFFORD, Justice.

Charity M., the mother of Peter M., appeals from the judgment of the Piscataquis County Probate Court (Smith, J.) terminating her parental rights pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A. § 4055 (Pamph.1991). She contends that the Probate Court erred in concluding that she had been unwilling or unable to take responsibility for Peter within a time reasonably calculated to meet his needs, and that termination of her parental rights was in Peter’s best interest. We discern no error and affirm the judgment.

Charity M. was sixteen years old and unmarried at the time of Peter’s birth in 1979 in…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Commissioner of Mental Health & Mental RetardationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
  2. In Re John Joseph V.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  3. In Re Shane T.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
  4. In Re Misty Lee H.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
  5. In Re Chesley B.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  5. In Re Sarah T.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993

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