Legal Opinion

Guardianship of Jakob A. Gionest

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 1, 2015No. Docket Yor-15-102PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GORMAN, J.. [¶ 1] -Sharon Cote.appeals from a judg-. ment of the York County Probate Court (Longley, J.) 1 denying her petition for a permanent guardianship of her grandson, Jakob A. Gionest.- • Sharon challenges the court’s determination that • she failed to meet her-burden of establishing both that the child’s mother, Jessica Cote, is unfit to parent and that a guardianship is in the best interest of the child. We affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] In March of 2014, after a contested hearing, the court granted Sharon’s petition requesting that she be appointed hér grandson’s temporary guardian. In…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Guardianship of Jewel M.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010
  2. Handrahan v. MalenkoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2011
  3. Guardianship of Jewel M.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010
  4. Conservatorship of Justin R.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995

3Cited by5 opinions

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