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IN RE D.G.

No. 88-1635.

583 A.2d 160 (1990)

In re D.G., an Infant. Appeal of D.G.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 3, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Margolies, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant D.G. (mother).

Robert E. Sylvester, Washington, D.C., for appellee D.G. (child).

Herbert O. Reid, Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Mary L. Wilson, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., filed a memorandum in lieu of brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

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

TERRY, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from an order terminating parental rights under D.C.Code § 16-2353 (1989). Appellant, D.G.'s natural mother, argues that the Department of Human Services (DHS) failed to make "reasonable efforts" to reunite the family prior to termination, and that this failure violated the federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act (CWA).1 We hold that the CWA does not confer standing on appellant...

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