In Re Fay G.

This is an interlocutory appeal from a probate court order compelling a mother to undergo a psychiatric examination to determine whether grounds for termination of parental rights exist under RSA 170-C:5 IV. The mother and her guardian ad litem have objected to the order on the grounds that it violates her fifth amendment rights and her rights under part 1, article 15 of the New Hampshire Constitution not to give testimony against herself. They have also objected to the order on the grounds that the probate court lacked the authority at the time of its order to compel a psychiatric…