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COOLEY v. ST. ANDRE'S CHILD PLACING AGENCY

415 A.2d 1084 (1980)

Melanie COOLEY v. ST. ANDRE'S CHILD PLACING AGENCY and Gilbert L. Domingue.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Elliott, Wood & Nelson, P. A. by George F. Wood (orally), Karen B. Lovell (orally), Saco, for plaintiff.

Preti, Flaherty & Beliveau by John Paul Erler (orally), Joel C. Martin, Portland, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN and ROBERTS, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Petitioner Melanie Cooley appeals from the denial by the Superior Court (York County) of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Mrs. Cooley, the prospective adoptive mother of a baby girl placed with her and her husband by St. Andre's Child Placing Agency in 1979, brought the petition after St. Andre's removed the baby from her custody nearly ten months after the placement. On appeal Mrs. Cooley urges that we reverse the Superior Court...

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