Child Development Services—Cumberland County v. Attorney General

[¶ 1] The plaintiffs, sixteen regional sites of the Child Development Services System (CDS), appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Mills, J.) denying their motion for summary judgment and granting the motion for summary judgment of the Attorney General. We affirm the judgment. The Attorney General is authorized, pursuant to 5 M.R.S.A. § 191 (1989 & Pamph.1999), to control the provision of legal services to the regional CDS sites.

[¶ 2] The Legislature created CDS to “maintain[j a coordinated service delivery system,” 20-A M.R.S.A. § 7724(1) (Supp.1999), for…