Timothy True v. Sheena Harmon

[¶ 1] Timothy and Philippa True, the paternal grandparents of Sheena Harmon’s four-year-old son, appeal from a judgment entered in the District Court (Lewiston, Beliveau, J.) in which the court awarded Harmon attorney fees of $1,506.67 after dismissing the Trues’ motion to modify a grandparent visitation order. The Trues contend that the court erred in awarding attorney fees without providing them “an opportunity for hearing,” as required by 19-A M.R.S. § 105(1) (2014). We vacate the judgment and remand for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] In 2011, Timothy and Philippa True petitioned…