Ricci v. Delehanty

DANA, Justice.

[¶ 1] Jessica Delehanty appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Wheeler, J.) awarding parental rights and responsibilities to Mark Ricci. Delehanty contends, inter alia, that the trial court did not make the necessary findings of fact required by M.R. Civ. P. 52. 1

[¶ 2] Delehanty and Ricci are the parents of Christina. Although never married, they lived together at the time Christina was born. Ricci physically abused Delehanty on more than one occasion before Delehanty, in 1993, moved to New York state to live with Salvatore Russo.

[¶ 3] When…