Legal Opinion
Estate of Dineen
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 14, 1998PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDana, J.
[¶ 1] James M. Dineen appeals from the judgment entered in the Probate Court (York County, Nadeau, J.) denying a motion to recuse and imposing sanctions pursuant to M.R. Prob. P. 11 and M.R. Civ. P. II. 1 Di neen argues that the judge was not impartial and that the court abused its discretion by imposing Rule 11 sanctions without first providing notice that he might and by imposing inappropriate sanctions. We affirm the judgment.
[¶ 2] Following the intestate death of their mother, Ruth E. Dineen, on December 23, 1995, Dineen began to contest every aspect of her estate in the York County…
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