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IN RE D.E.D.

No. 94-FS-555.

672 A.2d 582 (1996)

In re: D.E.D., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.E.D., pro se.

Sonia A. Bacchus, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Garland Pinkston, Jr., Corporation Counsel at the time, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the Motion by the District of Columbia, for Summary Affirmance.

Before STEADMAN, FARRELL and REID, Associate Judges.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

D.C.Code § 16-311 (1982) provides in relevant part:

From and after the filing of the petition [for adoption], records and papers in adoption proceedings shall be sealed. They may not be inspected by any person, including the parties to the proceeding, except upon order of the court, and only then when the court is satisfied that the welfare of the child will thereby be promoted or protected...

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