If one of the parents of a minor child is dead or has abandoned the child, all parental rights respecting the child devolve upon the other parent.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 1502
Either parent dead or guilty of abandonment, rights devolve on other
PL 1995, c. 694, §B2 (NEW)
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