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IN RE MOSES

No. 94-FM-621.

659 A.2d 829 (1995)

In re Paula MOSES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 8, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierre E. Bergeron, for appellant.

Harvey Schweitzer, for appellee.

Richard G. Bergeron, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Erias A. Hyman, Acting Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel and Janet Maher, Deputy Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Before FERREN and TERRY, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.

NEWMAN, Senior Judge:

This is an appeal by petitioner Pierre Bergeron, guardian ad litem (GAL) of respondent Paula Moses, from an order dismissing his petition to have her committed to a facility for the mentally retarded. The trial judge dismissed the petition based on his finding that Moses was competent to refuse commitment. On appeal,1 the GAL contends generally that the trial judge should have found Moses incompetent based on the...

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