IN RE RACHEL J.


804 A.2d 418 (2002)

2002 ME 148

In re RACHEL J. et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: August 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea J. Ubl, Sherman & Sandy, Waterville, for appellants.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Matthew Pollack, Asst. Attorney General, Debra Gotlib, Asst. Attorney General, Augusta, for appellee.

Laurel Robbins, CASA, West Bath, Guardian ad Litem.

Ferdinand Slater, Ellsworth, for mother.

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


DANA, J.

[¶ 1] The father of Rachel J. and Frank J. appeals from a jeopardy determination entered in the District Court (Ellsworth, Staples, J.), contending that the court erred in refusing to admit proffered reputation evidence, in admitting evidence of his prior sexual abuse of other family members, and in finding that his children were in jeopardy because he posed a threat of sexual abuse. Because we conclude that the court's error in refusing to admit...

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