In Re Colby E.

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Franklin Knight, Jr. appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Portland, Sheldon, J.) terminating his parental rights as to his son, Colby E. On appeal, he argues inter alia that the District Court erred as a matter of law in finding that the emotional damage Colby risked if removed from his foster home could constitute “jeopardy” within the meaning of 22 M.R.S.A. § 4002 (1992), and that termination could be ordered even though such jeopardy did not result from any wrongdoing on his part. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment.

Colby E., now five-and-one-half years…