IN RE HOPE M.


714 A.2d 152 (1998)

1998 ME 170

In re HOPE M.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. McCarthy, Jr., Pittsfield, for appellant.

David Gray, Bangor, for mother.

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Janice S. Stuver, Asst. Atty. Gen., Geoffrey Goodwin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for appellee.

Laurie Anne Miller, Downeast Law Offices, P.A., Orrington, Guardian ad Litem.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, and SAUFLEY, JJ.


WATHEN, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] The father of Hope M. appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Newport, Hjelm, J.) terminating his parental rights to his daughter. 22 M.R.S.A. § 4055(1)(B)(2) (1992 & Supp.1997).1 On appeal the father contends that the court erred in concluding that the Department of Human Services (the Department) was not required to demonstrate a substantial change in circumstances before bringing...

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