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Argued: February 13, 2003.
Decided: April 6, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Brian C. Hawkins, Esq. (orally), Bridgton, Maura A. Keaveney, Esq., Portland, for appellant.
Patricia A. Peard, Esq. (orally), Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Kenneth P. Altshuler, Esq., Childs, Rundlett, Fifield, Shumway & Altshuler, Portland, Mary L. Bonauto, Esq., Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Boston, MA, for appellee.
Michael Asen, Esq., Mittel, Asen, Eggert, Hunter & Cary, Portland, Judith M. Berry, Esq., Gorham, for amicus curiae.
Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, and LEVY, JJ.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
LEVY, J.
[¶ 1] D.E.W. appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Bradford, A.R.J.) determining that C.E.W., as a de facto parent of D.E.W.'s minor son, is entitled to be considered for an award of parental rights and responsibilities. C.E.W. has parented the child equally with D.E.W., the biological mother, since the child's birth in 1994, but is not related to the child...
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