IN RE D.R.

No. 98-FS-443.

718 A.2d 149 (1998)

In re D.R., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Aileen Howze, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Sheila Kaplan, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom John M. Ferren, Corporation Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and REID, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


REID, Associate Judge:

Appellant D.R., a neglected child, challenges an order of the trial court sending him to a "locked" residential treatment facility. He contends that the trial court should have applied "the least restrictive environment" standard in determining the appropriate placement for him. We affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

The record on appeal reveals the following facts. D.R. was born on September 22, 1980. When he was six years old, his parents...

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