IN RE LESTER

No. 79-32-Appeal.

417 A.2d 877 (1980)

In re LESTER. In re ELIZABETH. In re FRANCIS.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. MacFadyen, III, Asst. Public Defender, Providence, for respondent.

Chester Lupton, Dept. of Children and Their Families, Providence, for petitioner.


OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

On December 19, 1977, a physician at the Cranston General Hospital filed "Battered and/or Abused Child Reports" on Francis, then four-and-a-half years old; Elizabeth, then nearly three-and-a-half years old; and Lester, then nearly two-and-a-half years old. The three children are siblings, who, prior to this litigation, resided from time to time with their mother and father and from time to time with relatives or friends. As a...

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