IN RE HEATHER C.


751 A.2d 448 (2000)

2000 ME 99

In re HEATHER C.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Peard (orally), Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A., Brenda M. Buchanan, Warren Currier & Buchanan, LLC, P.A., Portland, for appellant.

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Matthew Pollack, Asst. Attorney General (orally), Patricia Stevens, Asst. Attorney General, Augusta, for appellee.

Charles Veilleux, Skowhegan, Guardian ad Litem.

Charles Reeves, Waterville, for father.

Before CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY and ALEXANDER, JJ.


SAUFLEY, J.

[¶ 1] The mother of Heather C. appeals from an order entered in the District Court (Somerset, Clapp, J.), pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A. §§ 4035, 4036 (1992 & Supp. 1999), finding that Heather was in circumstances of jeopardy and awarding custody to the Department of Human Services. On appeal, the mother contends that certain provisions of the Child Protection Act, 22 M.R.S.A. §§ 4001-4094 (1992 & Supp.

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