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IN RE ADOPTION OF MATTHEW R.

750 A.2d 1262 (2000)

2000 ME 86

In re ADOPTION OF MATTHEW R.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Matthew Pollack, Asst. Attorney General (orally), Marina E. Thibeau, Asst. Attorney General, Christopher C. Leighton, Asst. Attorney General, Augusta, for appellant.

Clark D. Kimball (orally), Carver, Kimball & Baiungo, Belfast, for Earl and Bonnie L.

Jay H. Otis, Brewer, for Karen F.

Clare Godholm, Belfast, Guardian ad Litem.

Before CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, ALEXANDER and CALKINS, JJ.

CALKINS, J.

[¶ 1] The Department of Human Services (DHS) appeals from the order of the Waldo County Probate Court (Mallioux, J.) finding that DHS unreasonably withheld its consent to the adoption of Matthew R. by Earl and Bonnie L. See 18-A M.R.S.A. § 9-302(a)(3) (1998). Because the order is interlocutory and no exceptions to the final judgment rule apply, we dismiss the appeal.

I. FACTS

[¶ 2] Matthew was born prematurely...

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