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IN RE HIGERA N.

Docket: Cum-09-437.

2 A.3d 265 (2010)

2010 ME 77

In re HIGERA N. et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: August 10, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Andrews, Esq. (orally), Portland, ME, for the father.

Janet T. Mills, Attorney General, Nora Sosnoff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Martha J. Hallisey-Swift, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, ME, for Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

Tony West, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula D. Silsby, United States Atty., Michael Jay Singer, Esq., Howard S. Scher, Esq., Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae United States.

Marty J. Jackley, Attorney General, Jeremy D. Lund, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, SD, for amicus curiae State of South Dakota.

Jennifer Carey, Esq., Portland, ME, Guardian ad litem.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.

MEAD, J.

[¶ 1] The father of Higera N., Hwida N., Diera N., Tuta N., and Thon B. appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Portland, Powers, J.) terminating his parental rights to the children pursuant to 22 M.R.S. § 4055 (2009). He contends that (1) the Parental Kidnaping Prevention Act (PKPA), 28 U.S.C.S. § 1738A (LexisNexis 2003), deprived the court of subject matter jurisdiction because a South...

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