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IN RE AMANDA N.

710 A.2d 264 (1998)

1998 ME 115

In re AMANDA N.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 20, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenda Lovell, Kennebunkport, for appellant.

Lloyd P. LaFountain III, LaFountain & LaFountain, Biddeford, Guardian ad Litem.

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Janice S. Stuver, Marilyn E. Stavros, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for appellee.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, and SAUFLEY, JJ.

DANA, Justice.

[¶ 1] The mother of Amanda N. appeals from the judgment of the District Court (Biddeford, Janelle, J.) that terminated her parental rights to her daughter after she consented to the termination. We conclude that the mother's knowing and voluntary consent to the termination is irrevocable absent a showing of fraud, duress, mistake, or incapacity and accordingly affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] In July 1994, the Department of Human...

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