Legal Opinion
Goodwin v. School Administrative District No. 35
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 11, 1998PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, J.
[¶ 1] Wendy Goodwin appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court (York County, Perkins, A.R.J.) dismissing her complaint to recover attorneys’ fees 1 and costs incurred during special education proceedings regarding her son. Because we conclude that no cause of action exists in Maine law for such fees, we affirm.
I. Background
[¶ 2] Wendy Goodwin is a resident of Eliot and the mother of a student attending Marshwood Junior High School during the 1996-97 school year. Her son qualified as both an “exceptional student” within the meaning of 20-A M.R.S.A. § 7001(2) (1993) 2 and as a “student…
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