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MATTER OF A.S.

No. 92-FS-617.

643 A.2d 345 (1994)

In the Matter of A.S., B.S., Mother, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 9, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Lovelace, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant B.S.

Diane Gaylord, appointed by the court as guardian ad litem, for appellee A.S.

Phillip Lattimore, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Before WAGNER and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges, and MACK, Senior Judge.

MACK, Senior Judge:

This neglect proceeding evolved when a family made an emergency trip to a hospital because of the young mother's severe back pain, when her hungry, bottle-fed, twenty-five-day-old infant began crying during the ensuing wait for the mother's treatment, and when an exasperated father administered excessive discipline in an attempt to quiet the infant.

The trial judge, hearing a child neglect petition filed by the District against the parents...

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