Legal Opinion

In Re Frederick P.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided September 28, 2001PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.

[¶ 1] The mother appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Skowhegan, Clapp, J.) terminating her parental rights with respect to her five children. The mother asserts that: (1) the results of the termination hearing were irreparably tainted because, during an earlier cease reunification hearing, her rights to free exercise of religion were violated by references to both parents’ religion as Wiccans which the mother’s brief characterizes as an “unusual and historically disfavored religion referred to in the transcript as ‘witchcraft’ and ‘paganism’ ”; (2) her due process rights were…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. ReedSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
  2. In Re Chesley B.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  3. In Re Thomas B.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In re S.B.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2002
  2. In Re Trever I.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2009
  3. In re Danielle S.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2004
  4. In re J.B.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2015
  5. In re Child of Stephen E.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2018

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