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IN RE MATTHEW W.

903 A.2d 333 (2006)

2006 ME 67

In re Matthew W.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: June 12, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn A. Adams, Esq. (orally), Smith Law Offices, P.A., Bangor, Noreen L. Nee, Esq., Milford, for appellants.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Janice S. Stuver, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Gregg D. Bernstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., Matthew E. Pollack, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for appellee.

Wayne Doane, Esq., Exeter, for Guardian ad Litem.

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

SILVER, J.

[¶ 1] The parents of Matthew W. appeal from a preliminary protection order and subsequent jeopardy order entered in the District Court (Bangor, Gunther, J.), contending that 22 M.R.S. § 4037 (2005), as interpreted by the court, violates their right to due process by authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services to issue a "do not resuscitate" directive (DNR) for Matthew without their consent. The father also contends that there...

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