In re Child of Gustavus E.
Annotate this CaseThe Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father’s parental rights pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(A)(1)(b) and (B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii). The Court held (1) the district court did not err by invoking the “rebuttable presumption” contained in Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1-A)(A), (B)(8) in its unfitness analysis because the evidence in its entirety supported a finding of unfitness; and (2) there was sufficient evidence in the record to support the court’s finding that termination of Father’s parental rights was in the child’s best interest.
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