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MATTER OF D.M.

No. 85-906.

562 A.2d 618 (1989)

In the Matter of D.M., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Weinroth, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Peter A. Chapin, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and TERRY, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a petition to establish paternity and the denial of a motion for reconsideration on the ground that the trial court erred in ruling that it did not have jurisdiction to determine paternity independent of a request for child support or other non-hypothetical issue contingent on the establishment of paternity. We affirm.

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On October 31, 1984, eight days before D.M.'s twenty-first birthday...

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