IN RE THOMAS D.


854 A.2d 195 (2004)

2004 ME 104

In re THOMAS D.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: August 4, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna A. Bailey, Esq. (orally), Saco, Pamela S. Holmes, Esq., McGarry & Holmes, LLC, Wells, for appellants.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Matthew Pollack, Asst. Attorney General (orally), Joseph Wannamacher, Asst. Attorney General, Elizabeth Stout, Asst. Attorney General, Augusta, for appellee.

Christopher Dilworth, Esq., Falmouth, for Guardian ad Litem.

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


LEVY, J.

[¶ 1] In this parental rights termination action, we examine the effect that the failure to establish a rehabilitation and reunification plan for a parent has on the District Court's later consideration of a termination petition brought by the Department of Human Services. The mother and father of Thomas D. appeal from the judgment of the District Court (Biddeford, Kennedy, J.) terminating their parental rights pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A. § 4055...

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