In Re Deborah M.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This child-custody matter presents evi-dentiary questions concerning the admissibility of statements made by young children to State social workers and the admissibility of a tape recording that evinces parental neglect and abuse. The appellant, whom we shall call Mrs. M., contends that such evidence is inadmissible hearsay that should have been excluded from the Family Court proceedings in which she lost custody of her children, Deborah M. and James M. The appellee, the Department for Children and Their Families (DCF), argues that the evidence is admissible under…