Legal Opinion

MacMath v. Maine Adoption Placement Services

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 21, 1993PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLLINS, Justice.

Mary Anne and Robert MacMath appeal from an order of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Perkins, J.) dismissing several counts, and an order of the court (Fritzsche, J.) entering a summary judgment on the one remaining count, in their complaint against the Maine Adoption Placement Services (“MAPS”) for breach of a duty to disclose information regarding the adoption of their son Alex. We agree with the court’s conclusion that MAPS breached no duty it owed to the MacMaths and therefore we affirm the judgment.

In 1986 Mary Anne and Robert MacMath, both in their late thirties…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Burr v. Board of County CommissionersOhio Supreme Court · 1986
  2. M.H. v. Caritas Family ServicesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
  3. Diversified Foods, Inc. v. First National Bank of BostonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
  4. Meracle v. Children's Service Society of WisconsinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1989
  5. FOSTER BY FOSTER v. BassMississippi Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Gibbs v. ErnstSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  2. Mallette v. Children's Friend and ServiceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1995
  3. Brae Asset Fund, L.P. v. AdamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
  4. Wolford v. Children's Home Society of West VirginiaDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1998
  5. Dresser v. Cradle of Hope Adoption Center, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 2005

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