Legal Opinion
Adoption of Patricia S.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 23, 2009No. Docket: Kno-08-269PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtClifford, J.
[¶ 1] Patricia S. appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Knox County Probate Court (Emery, J.) in favor of Thomas J. Watson III and George J. Gillespie III, as trustees of two trusts, on their petition to annul party-in-interest Olive W.’s 1991 adoption of Patricia. Patricia contends that the court erred in determining that, as the person being adopted, she did not live in Maine at the time of the adoption, and therefore, did not comply with the requirement of the then-existing adoption statute. This finding, Patricia argues, is based on an incorrect construction of the adoption…
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