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DANFORTH v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE

303 A.2d 794 (1973)

Calvin DANFORTH et al. v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

April 17, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Danisinka, Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., Skowhegan, Robert E. Mittel, Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., Portland, for plaintiffs.

Janice M. Lynch, Robert B. Calkins, Asst. Attys. Gen., Agusta, John W. Philbrick, Portland, for amicus curiae.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK and ARCHIBALD, JJ.

POMEROY, Justice.

This appeal from a judgment entered by a Justice of this Court acting in the Superior Court in a habeas corpus proceeding raises an important question of first impression in this State.

The appellants are the natural parents of a minor child.

Proceeding agreeably to the provisions of 22 M.R.S.A. § 3792, the Department of Health and Welfare caused a petition seeking an order of the appropriate...

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