Legal Opinion
In Re Erika R.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 4, 1989PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
In this child protection action brought pursuant to the Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act, 22 M.R.S.A. §§ 4001-5005 (Supp.1988), the District Court (Wiseasset, O’Rourke, J.) found by a preponderance of the evidence that Erika R. was in circumstances of jeopardy to her health or welfare because of sexual abuse by her father and granted custody of Erika to the Department of Human Services (DHS). 22 M.R.S.A. §§ 4002(6) & (10), 4035, 4036. Erika’s parents appeal the af-firmance by the Superior Court (Lincoln County, Fritzsche, J.) of the District Court’s…
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