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IN RE DEBORAH M.

No. 87-413-Appeal.

544 A.2d 572 (1988)

In re DEBORAH M. and James M.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Lisi, Guardian Ad Litem, Kevin J. Aucoin, Dept. of Children and their Families, Francis B. Brown (Court-Appointed Sp. Advocate Unit), for plaintiff.

Burton Salk, Warwick, Lidia Sanchez, Scott A. Lutes, Cooper, Harris & Sanchez, Providence, for defendant.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This child-custody matter presents evidentiary questions concerning the admissibility of statements made by young children to State social workers and the admissibility of a tape recording that evinces parental neglect and abuse. The appellant, whom we shall call Mrs. M., contends that such evidence is inadmissible hearsay that should have been excluded from the Family Court proceedings in which she lost custody of her children...

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