DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. B. J. R.

No. 7651.

332 A.2d 58 (1975)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. B. J. R., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Jeffrey Freund, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and NEBEKER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Family Division dismissing a petition, as amended, filed under D.C.Code 1973, § 16-2301(8)(A)(iii) and 16-2301(8)(B), on the ground that the definition of "children in need of supervision" in that statute (hereinafter CINS) is "unconstitutionally vague" and cannot be saved by reasonable construction. The amended petition alleged that the appellee was a child "in need of supervision in that she is...

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