· 5/28/1996
Miller v. Miller
Citations
- 677 A.2d 64
- 1996 Me. LEXIS 130
How courts have described this case
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- noting that divorce litigation would be “complicated exponentially by the involvement of children as [represented] parties,” as they could object to settlement offers, participate in discovery, and call witnesses on their own behalf
- “[A]t common law ... children do not possess the requisite legal capacity to participate in litigation in their own names.”
- “Divorce litigation would be complicated exponentially by the involvement of children as parties.”
- “The -15- 7711 2. Permissive intervention Under Civil Rule 24(b
- children not proper parties to parents’ divorce
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Judges: Wathen, Roberts, Glassman, Clifford, Rudman, Dana, Lipez
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