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HENSON v. DEPT. OF CONSUMER & REG. AFF.

No. 87-1321.

560 A.2d 543 (1989)

Fay M. HENSON, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary C. Adler for petitioner. John J. McDermott filed a brief for petitioner.

Charlotte M. Brookins, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for respondent.

Before NEWMAN, TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a decision of the District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, ordering the involuntary discharge of 97-year-old Fay Henson from the Chevy Chase House, the "community residence facility"1 in which she has lived for the past eight years. Since we find that the need for the discharge was not proven by the statutorily mandated standard of "clear and convincing evidence...

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