OPINION
McFATE, Retired Judge.
The sole issue presented on this appeal is whether a father was denied due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution by being refused the right to be present and to confront and cross-examine his ten and one-half year old daughter who was interviewed by the judge in chambers during a dependency hearing involving the child.
On December 18, 1979, a dependency petition was...
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