In re Aurora M.

The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father’s parental rights to his two children pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(A)(1)(a) and (B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(iv). On appeal, Father argued that the guardian ad litem failed to satisfy his statutory obligations to conduct an in-person interview with Father and to notify Father’s attorney that Father was imprisoned before the cease reunification order went into effect. The Supreme Judicial Court disagreed, holding (1) Father’s argument regarding the notification of incarceration failed for several reasons; and (2) the court’s findings that Father was unfit and that termination was in the children’s best interests was not in error or an abuse of discretion. View "In re Aurora M." on Justia Law