IN RE RYAN M.


513 A.2d 837 (1986)

In re RYAN M.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brunette, Shumway, Romanow & Ryer, Christopher Ryer (orally), Peter McGee (orally), Portland, for appellants.

James Tierney, Atty. Gen., Jonathan Chapman (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, Gerard Conley (Guardian ad litem) Edward Klein, Portland, for appellees.

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


SCOLNIK, Justice.

Ryan M.'s mother and step-father appeal from a Superior Court (Cumberland County) judgment affirming the District Court's (Portland) order granting the Department of Human Services' (DHS) petition for a final protection order pursuant to 22 M.R. S.A. § 4035 (Supp.1985-1986). They contend that the District Court judge erred 1) by receiving in evidence Ryan M.'s out-of-court statements without first expressly determining whether Ryan M. was competent...

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