· 7/1/1874
Sturgis v. Robbins
Citations
- 62 Me. 289
How courts have described this case
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- concluding mandamus relief is appropriate when a child is not returne4 at the conclusion of an adversary hearing and there is no evidence of “any substantial risk of continuing danger if the child were to return home”
- granting mandamus, directing trial court to vacate Temporary Order Following Adversary Hearing, and ordering return of child to parent-under section 262.201(a
- noting the Department failed to meet its evidentiary burden of establishing the statutory grounds
- conditionally granting petition because department failed to provide evidence that it had made reasonable efforts to enable child to return home
- conditionally granting petition because department failed to provide evidence that it had made reasonable efforts to enable child to return home
- “Unless evidence demonstrates the existence of each of the requirements of Section 262.201(b), the trial court is required to return the child to the custody of his parents pending litigation.”
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Judges: Appleton, Barrows, Daneorth, Dickerson, Virgin
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