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· 7/1/1874

Sturgis v. Robbins

Citations

  • 62 Me. 289

How courts have described this case

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

  • 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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