In re J.B.
Annotate this CaseAfter a termination hearing, the district court terminated Father’s parental rights to his two children. Father appealed, arguing that the court’s denial of his motion to continue improperly deprived him of his right to counsel pursuant to 22 Me. Rev. Stat. 4005(2) because “he was not provided adequate time to speak and confer with his attorney prior to the hearing.” The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the court did not abuse its discretion in denying Father’s motion to continue; and (2) competent evidence in the record supported the court’s findings by clear and convincing evidence of abandonment, failure to make a good faith effort to reunify with the children, and that termination was in the best interests of the children.
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