Legal Opinion

Adoption of Isabelle T.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided November 30, 2017No. Docket: Pen-17-237PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Per curiam

[¶ 1] The father of Isabelle and Abigail T. appeals from a judgment of the Penob-scot County Probate Court (M. Bradford, J.) terminating his parental rights in anticipation of an adoption pursuant to 18-A M.R.S. § 9-204(b) (2016); 22 M.R.S. § 4055(1)(A)(2), (B)(2)(a), (B)(2)(b)®, (B)(2)(b)(iii), and (1-A)(B)(8) (2016). He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment, including the court’s findings of parental unfitness and that termination of his parental rights is in his children’s best interests. See 18-A M.R.S. ■ § 9-204(b); 22 M.R.S. § 4055(1)(B)(2), (1-A)(B)(8).

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2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. In re Thomas H.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2005
  4. Rideout v. RiendeauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
  5. In Re Scott S.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. In re Children of Nicole M.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2018
  2. In re Children of Christopher S.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2019
  3. In re Christopher S.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2019
  4. In re Child of Tanya C.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2018
  5. In re Emma S.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2018

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