IN RE NATASHA S.


943 A.2d 602 (2008)

2008 ME 54

In re NATASHA S.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: March 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Dunleavy, Esq., Dunleavy Law Offices, Presque Isle, ME, for the mother.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Janice Stuver, Assist. Atty. Gen., for the Department of Health and Human Services.

Richard Dubois, Esq., Caribou, ME, for Guardian Ad Litem.

Dissent: SAUFLEY, C.J. and ALEXANDER, J.


SILVER, J.

[¶ 1] The adoptive mother of Natasha S. appeals from a judgment entered by the District Court (Fort Kent, Daigle, J.) terminating her parental rights pursuant to 22 M.R.S. § 4055 (2007). The adoptive mother contends that the court erred in admitting the Interstate Compact on Placement of Children (ICPC) home study for purposes other than showing compliance with the ICPC. We agree that the court erred in admitting the ICPC study for purposes...

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