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IN RE MELISSA M.

No. 84-591.

127 N.H. 710 (1986)

In re MELISSA M.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

February 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geiger & Heiser, of Penacook (Nancy J. Geiger on the brief and orally), as guardian ad litem for Melissa M.

Sulloway Hollis & Soden, of Concord (Margaret H. Nelson on the brief and orally), for the appellant, James M.

Stephen E. Merrill, attorney general (Emily Gray Rice, attorney, on the brief and orally), for the State.

BATCHELDER, J.

James M. appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Contas, J.) transferring custody of his daughter, Melissa M., to the division of welfare. We affirm.

An investigation conducted in January 1984 by the division of welfare revealed evidence that Melissa M., then 4 1/2 years old, had been sexually abused by her father. In accordance with an ex parte order of the Concord District Court, the division removed Melissa from her father...

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