In Re Sterling N.

GLASSMAN, Justice.

Robert N., the father of Sterling N., a minor, appeals from the judgment of the Washington County Probate Court (Patterson, J.) granting, with limitations, the petition , of Hilda and Henry N., the paternal grandparents of Sterling, seeking their appointment as guardians of Sterling pursuant to 18-A M.R.S.A § 5-207 (1981). 1 Robert challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the appointment and contends the court erred in failing to conduct a bifurcated hearing on the petition. Finding no error in the record, we affirm the judgment.

At the hearing on the…