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Lawmakers want to see case files related to the deaths of four children in 2021.

The Government Oversight Committee voted to appeal a court ruling that lawmakers are prohibited from viewing confidential child protection records.

Five Republicans and one Democrat on the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee voted Friday to appeal a superior court judge's decision denying the panel access to confidential child protection files of four children killed in 2021.

The Government Oversight Committee voted to appeal a court ruling that lawmakers are prohibited from viewing confidential child protection records.

Members of the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee do not have the right to see confidential files regarding four children who were killed last year, the ruling says.

Members of the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee do not have the right to see confidential files regarding four children who were killed last year, the ruling says.

Members of the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee do not have the right to see confidential files regarding four children who were killed last year, the ruling says.

As plaintiff, the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee says the outcome will have 'profound implications for vindicating and upholding the Separation of Powers central to our Maine Constitution.'

Hillary Goding was sentenced Friday to 26 years in prison with all but 19 years suspended after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of her daughter.

A committee takes the unusual step of suing Maine's Department of Health and Human Services after agency officials did not comply with a subpoena seeking records of children who have died from abuse or neglect.