IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF MATTHEW L.

No. 2012-384.

58 A.3d 684 (2012)

In re GUARDIANSHIP OF MATTHEW L.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Opinion Issued: December 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bragdon, Dowd & Kossayda, P.C., of Keene ( Kelly E. Dowd on the brief and orally), for the petitioner.

Harvey & Mahoney, P.A., of Manchester ( J. Campbell Harvey on the brief), and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, of Boston, Massachusetts ( Janson Wu on the brief and orally), for the respondent.

Rebecca G. Whitley , of Concord, for Disabilities Rights Center, Inc., as amicus curiae.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, of Washington, D.C. ( Kyle Turley and Daniel S. Volchok ), on the brief, for the National Association of Social Workers and the National Association of Social Workers New Hampshire Chapter, as amici curiae.


HICKS, J.

The respondent, Joan M., appeals an order of the 10th Circuit Court — Brentwood Family Division (MacLeod, J.) granting the petition to terminate her co-guardianship over the minor, Matthew L., filed by the petitioner, Mary S., the minor's biological mother and co-guardian. We affirm.

The trial court found, or the record supports, the following facts. The parties were involved in a serious relationship from mid-2004 until March 2008...

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