Thorndike v. Lisio

[¶ 1] Jessica Ann Lisio appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Rockland, Raimondi, J.) finding that Tammy J. Thorndike is a de facto parent of two of Lisio’s biological children. We discern no error in the court’s determinations that Thorndike “has undertaken a permanent, unequivocal, committed, and responsible parental role in [each] child’s life,” and that “there are exceptional circumstances sufficient to allow the court to interfere with” the biological parents’ parental rights. Pitts v. Moore, 2014 ME 59, ¶ 27, 90 A.3d 1169 (quotation marks omitted). Accordingly, we affirm the…