In re Child of Portia L.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Per curiam
[¶ 1] Portia L. appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Lewiston, Dow, J. ) terminating her parental rights to her daughter pursuant to 22 M.R.S. § 4055(1)(A)(1)(a) and (B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii) (2017). She challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the court's finding of parental unfitness and its determination that termination is in the child's best interest.1 We affirm the judgment.
[¶ 2] Based on competent evidence in the record, the court found by clear and convincing evidence that the mother (1) is unwilling and unable to protect the child from jeopardy and these…
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