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IN RE B.J.C.

No. 85-543.

540 A.2d 1047 (1988)

In re B.J.C., Juvenile.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen., Montpelier, Michael O. Duane, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Barbara L. Crippen, Legal Intern, Waterbury, for plaintiff-appellee.

Harley G. Brown III, Richmond, for defendant-appellant.

Saxer, Anderson & Wolinsky, Burlington, for defendant-appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., PECK, J., BARNEY, C.J. (Ret.), KEYSER, J. (Ret.) and COSTELLO, District Judge (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

PECK, Justice.

The mother of B.J.C. appeals a juvenile court order transferring legal custody and guardianship of the child to the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS). The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court of Vermont, sitting as a juvenile court, has subject matter jurisdiction over a nonresident child brought into the state under exigent circumstances. We affirm.

In June of 1985, a relative of B.J.C. received a call from...

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