Legal Opinion

James-Robert G. Curtis v. Florania Da Silva Medeiros

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 15, 2016No. Docket: Pen-15-618PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGorman, J.

[¶ 1] Florania Da Silva Medeiros (Medei-ros) appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Bangor, Campbell, J.) denying her motion to enforce her 2011 divorce from James-Robert G. Curtis and modifying the terms of that 2011 divorce judgment. Medeiros contends that the court erroneously interpreted the original divorce judgment concerning her authority to take her and Curtis’s minor child on an annual trip to Brazil, and that the court violated her fundamental right to parent by modifying the divorce judgment to award contact with the child to the paternal grandparents pursuant to 19-A…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. United States v. RainesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Rideout v. RiendeauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
  4. Matthew W. Pitts v. Amanda M. MooreSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2014
  5. Conlogue v. ConlogueSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2006

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  4. Shelly R. Higgins v. Todd A. WoodSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2018
  5. Deborah E. Lamkin v. Corrie L. LamkinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2018

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