In Re Brandi C.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.
[¶ 1] The natural parents of Brandi C. appeal from a judgment entered in the District Court (Portland, Goranites, J.) terminating their parental rights pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A. § 4055(1)(B)(2)(b)(i) (1992). The parents challenge the court’s finding that they acted in a “manner that is heinous and abhorrent to society” pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A. § 4055(1-A)(A) (Supp.1998). Both parents further argue that by denying that they caused the death of their younger daughter, Jenna C., they rebutted the presumption applied by the court that they “were unwilling or unable to protect the child from jeopardy…
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