IN RE RICHARD G.


770 A.2d 625 (2001)

2001 ME 78

In re RICHARD G. Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: May 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. Notis, Esq., South Portland, for appellant.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Michael C. Kearney, Asst. Attorney General, Chad Cloutier, Law Student Intern, Augusta, for appellee.

Willo Scott Wright, CASA, West Bath, Guardian ad Litem.

Christopher Dilworth, Esq., Falmouth, James Hewes, Esq., Portland, for parents.

Panel: WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.


DANA, J.

[¶ 1] The paternal grandmother of Richard G. appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Portland County, Lawrence, J.) denying her request that Richard be placed in her home. The grandmother contends that she has a fundamental liberty interest in having Richard placed with her pursuant to the Due Process Clause, U.S. CONST. amend. XIV, § 1;1 ME. CONST. art. 1, § 6-A,2 and...

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