In Re Jessica C.

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Judge.

The respondent mother in this case has appealed a Family Court decree finding that her four children were sexually abused and neglected. Thereupon, the Family Court committed the children to the care and custody of the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF). On appeal to the Su preme Court, the respondent contended that the trial justice had improperly admitted certain hearsay statements made by the children and had erroneously permitted several witnesses to offer an opinion on the credibility of the children. The respondent also argued that the trial…