Legal Opinion

In Re Robert S.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 26, 2009No. Docket: Yor-08-416PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.

[¶ 1] The mother of Robert and Joshua S. appeals from a judgment entered in the District Court (Springvale, Foster, J.) terminating her parental rights to her children after she failed to appear at the docket call for a child protective trial list. The mother argues that her: (1) due process rights to notice and a hearing were violated when the court terminated her parental rights at a non-evidentiary proceeding on grounds of abandonment, and (2) failure to appear at the proceeding did not constitute “abandonment,” within the meaning of 22 M.R.S. § 4055(l)(B)(2)(b)(iii) (2008), for purposes…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. In Re Randy Scott B.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
  4. In Re Alexander D.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
  5. In Re Christmas C.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998

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3Cited by51 opinions

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  3. Adoption of Isabelle T.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2017
  4. Judy Sparks v. Brant SparksSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2013
  5. State v. ElliottSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010

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