In re J.H.

H.H., the father of J.H., appeals a decision of the Eighth Judicial District, in and for the County of Cascade, finding that J.H. is a youth in need of care as an abused or neglected child.

On October 22, 1980, the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services filed a petition in the District Court alleging that J.H. was a youth in need of care. Hearings were held November 18 and December 4, 1980. Testimony of the child indicated that he had been sexually abused by his father a couple of times a month since the age of five or six. The boy’s mother and a social worker also testified about…