Legal Opinion

In Re Debra B.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 11, 1985PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SCOLNIK, Justice.

Debra B. appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court affirming the District Court’s order granting her mother’s petition for a determination that sterilization is in Debra’s best interest. On appeal, Debra contends that the petitioner did not prove by clear and convincing evidence that sterilization is in her best interest, as the Due Process in Sterilization Act requires. 1 We have carefully reviewed all the evidence that was before the District Court, and we agree with Debra that, on this record, the court could not reasonably have been persuaded that the necessary…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Eisenstadt v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Taylor v. Commissioner of Mental Health & Mental RetardationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
  4. In Re GradySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
  5. In the Matter of MoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Fitzgerald v. GamesterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
  2. In Re John Joseph V.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  3. Vaughn v. RuoffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
  4. Baizley v. BaizleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
  5. Dubois v. Madison Paper Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2002

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