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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. THIBEAULT

561 A.2d 486 (1989)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. Peter THIBEAULT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Swales, Houlton, Deanna L. Staples, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Human Services, Bangor, for plaintiff.

William J. Smith, Van Buren, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY, and COLLINS, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

The Department of Human Services appeals the judgment of the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Pierson, J.) entered after a jury returned a special verdict, by a six-to-two vote, that the Department had failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that defendant Peter Thibeault is the father of Lisa Dufour's daughter Alicia. Because we agree with the Department that the presiding justice should have allowed it to present redirect...

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