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PITTS v. MOORE

Docket No. Yor-12-440.

90 A.3d 1169 (2014)

2014 ME 59

Matthew W. PITTS v. Amanda M. MOORE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: April 17, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald D. Bourque, Esq. , and Bradley C. Morin, Esq. (orally), Bourque & Clegg, LLC, Sanford, for appellant Amanda Moore.

Amy L. Fairfield, Esq. (orally), and Mark J. Peltier, Esq. , Fairfield & Associates, P.A., Lyman, for appellee Matthew Pitts.

Dissent: ALEXANDER and LEVY, JJ.

GORMAN, J.

[¶ 1] Amanda M. Moore appeals from a judgment entered in the District Court (Springvale, Darvin, J.) finding that Matthew W. Pitts is her child's de facto parent and its award of contact on that basis. We take this opportunity to provide guidance to parties and courts grappling with claims by persons asking to be identified as de facto parents, and vacate the judgment and remand the matter to the District...

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