IN RE COLBY E.


669 A.2d 151 (1995)

In re COLBY E.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony K. Ferguson, Jennifer Nichols Ferguson, Fales & Fales, Lewiston, for Appellant.

Christine Foster, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Human Services, Portland, for Appellee.

Anne Pomroy, Old Orchard Beach, for Intervenors Harrison.

Thomas Smith, Harrison, Guardian Ad Litem.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, and LIPEZ, JJ.


WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Franklin Knight, Jr. appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Portland, Sheldon, J.) terminating his parental rights as to his son, Colby E. On appeal, he argues inter alia that the District Court erred as a matter of law in finding that the emotional damage Colby risked if removed from his foster home could constitute "jeopardy" within the meaning of 22 M.R.S.A. § 4002 (1992), and that termination could be ordered even...

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