IN RE JO-NELL C.


493 A.2d 1053 (1985)

In re JO-NELL C.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy D. Metz (orally), Fairfield, for plaintiff.

Carmen L. Coulombe (orally), Dept. of Human Services, Legal Div., Augusta, for defendant.

William Laney (orally), Skowhegan, Guardian ad litem.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, VIOLETTE, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

In this appeal from a child protection order, we are faced with the narrow question of the constitutionality of the procedure used by the District Court judge for the presentation of the testimony of a sixteen-year-old girl who allegedly has been sexually abused by her own father. Asserting a violation of his due process rights, the father challenges his exclusion from the courtroom during the girl's testimony. We reject that challenge and...

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