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IN RE DOROTHY V.

774 A.2d 1118 (2001)

2001 ME 97

In re DOROTHY V.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferdinand Slater, Hancock, Schuyler Steele, Newport, for appellants.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Patrick Downey, Asst. Attorney General, Augusta, for appellee.

Wayne Doane, Exeter, Guardian ad Litem.

Panel: WATHEN, C.J., and RUDMAN, CLIFFORD, DANA, SAUFLEY, ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.

ALEXANDER, J.

[¶ 1] The adoptive parents of Dorothy V. appeal from a judgment of the District Court (Newport, MacMichael, J.) finding that Dorothy was in circumstances of jeopardy to her health and welfare. See 22 M.R.S.A. §§ 4035 & 4036 (1992 & Supp. 2000). The parents contend that the court erred in determining that (i) the corporal punishment inflicted upon Dorothy exceeded reasonable parental discipline, and (ii) the evidence...

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