IN RE JAMARA R.


870 A.2d 112 (2005)

2005 ME 45

In re JAMARA R. et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: April 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Polly Reeves (orally), Augusta, for appellant.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Matthew Pollack, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Janice S. Stuver, Asst. Atty Gen., Aria eee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for appellee.

Elizabeth McCullum, Augusta, Guardian ad Litem.

Stephen Bourget, Bourget & Bourget, P.A.; Steven A. Parker, Sproul, Stevens & Parker, P.A., Augusta, for fathers.

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


SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] Jamara was seventeen months old when she was treated at the Maine General Medical Center for a spiral fracture of her left arm. At that time she also suffered from a large human bite mark on her right arm, several bruises on her face, a black eye, and scratches on her chest.

[¶ 2] Following the filing of a preliminary petition for a child protection order by the Department of Health and Human Services,1

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