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IN RE LEM

No. 2604.

164 A.2d 345 (1960)

In the Matter of Cecelia LEM.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 14, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie McKenzie and Belford V. Lawson, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Prin. Asst. Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair and H. Thomas Sisk, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, HOOD, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).

ROVER, Chief Judge.

The mother of Cecelia Lem, a child born out of wedlock, appeals from an order committing her daughter to the legal custody and guardianship of the Department of Public Welfare until her 21st birthday, and permanently depriving her of custody in order that the Welfare Department may consent to the adoption of the child under the provisions of Code 1951, § 3-117(3).

The child was born January 11, 1956. Paternity has not been established...

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