In re Isabelle W.
Annotate this CaseThe Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the termination of Father’s parental rights to his child. The Department of Health and Human Services filed a petition seeking to terminate Father’s parental rights to his child more than twenty-two months after the child entered Department custody. The district court terminated Father’s parental rights to the child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(A), finding, by clear and convincing evidence, that Father was unfit to parent the child on three grounds and that termination of Father’s parental rights was in the child’s best interest. The Supreme Court held that the district court’s unfitness and best interest determinations constituted neither clear error nor an abuse of discretion.
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