· 5/15/1831
Stetson v. Healey
Citations
- 7 Me. 452
How courts have described this case
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- 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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