IN RE SHAWN H.


667 A.2d 1377 (1995)

In re SHAWN H.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Sanders, (orally), Livermore Falls, for Appellant.

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Michael C. Kearney, (orally), Nora Sosnoff, Christina M. Hall, Assistant Attorneys General, Augusta, Ronald G. Aseltine, Guardian Ad Litem, Wilton, for Appellees.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, and LIPEZ, JJ.


WATHEN, Chief Justice.

The mother of Shawn H. appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Franklin County, Mills, J.) affirming a child protective order entered in the District Court (Farmington, Clapp, J.) awarding custody of Shawn to the Department of Human Services ("DHS"). The mother argues on appeal that the court erred in finding that Shawn is in jeopardy in her care. She contends that 22 M.R.S.A. § 4002(6) (1992) requires a finding...

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