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· 5/15/1831

Stetson v. Healey

Citations

  • 7 Me. 452

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that reviewing court must give due deference to fact finder’s findings and cannot substitute its own judgment for that of fact finder
  • recognizing that the factfinder is the sole arbiter of the credibility of witnesses and the appellate court must give due deference to the factfinder
  • holding that reviewing court must give due deference to fact finder’s findings and cannot substitute its own judgment for that of fact finder
  • stating that “merely leaving a child with a non-incarcerated parent does not constitute the ability to provide care”
  • holding that court of appeals erred in reversing termination on factual sufficiency grounds by focusing on one pertinent factor “[r]ather than weighing all of the evidence” and “not fully account[ing] for evidence that supported the jury’s verdict”
  • holding that court of appeals erred in reversing termination on factual sufficiency grounds by focusing on one pertinent factor “[r]ather than weighing all of the evidence” and “not fully account[ing] for evidence that supported the jury’s verdict”

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Judges: Mellen

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