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IN RE PENNY N.

No. 79-406.

120 N.H. 269 (1980)

In re PENNY N.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

April 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janina Stodolski, of Manchester, by brief, guardian ad litem for Penny N.

Sulloway, Hollis & Soden, of Concord, for the parents, waived brief and oral argument.

PER CURIAM.

The question raised in this interlocutory transfer by Copadis, J., is whether the probate court has jurisdiction over a case involving sterilization of a minor incompetent. We hold that it does.

The following facts are taken from a report filed by the minor's guardian ad litem in Hillsborough County Probate Court. Penny N., a fourteen-year-old girl, suffers from Downs Syndrome, severe psycho...

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