MATTER OF A.B.E.

No. 86-984.

564 A.2d 751 (1989)

In the Matter of A.B.E. Appeal of M.A.E.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy L. Cook, Washington, D.C., for appellant. Ann Shalleck was on the brief for appellant.

Joel R. Curtis, Washington, D.C., for appellee A.B.E.

Charlotte M. Brookins, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Corp. Counsel at the time the statement was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Washington, D.C., filed a statement in lieu of brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Before MACK, TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.


MACK, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from an order terminating parental rights under D.C.Code § 16-2353 (1981).1 Appellee A.B.E., a twelve-year-old learning-disabled boy, was the victim of child abuse. His natural father, appellant M.A.E., argues that the termination of his parental relationship with his son would not fulfill the basic purposes of the parental rights termination statute, viz., encouraging stability in the...

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