Legal Opinion
In Re Daniel C.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 3, 1984PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
Everett C., father of Daniel C., appeals from a decision of the Superior Court, Cumberland County, affirming an order of the District Court, Portland, terminating his parental rights pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A. § 4055 (Supp.1983). He claims that the Department of Human Services failed to meet its burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence (1) that it had engaged in a necessary attempt at reunification and (2) that Everett has willfully abandoned and refused to take responsibility for the child. Because the latter element was satisfactorily proved and the former is not a…
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