IN RE K.I.

Nos. 98-FS-1683 and 98-FS-1767.

735 A.2d 448 (1999)

In re K.I., B.I. and D.M., Appellants.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Driscoll, appointed by the court, for appellant B.I.

Lawrence H. Huebner, Centreville, VA, appointed by the court, for appellant D.M.

Karen Aileen Howze, Washington, DC, appointed by the court as guardian ad litem, for appellee K.I.

Kenneth H. Rosenau, Washington, DC, appointed by the court as medical guardian ad litem, for appellee K.I.

Al J. Gonzalez, appointed by the court, for C.R., filed a statement.

John M. Ferren, Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Mary T. Connelly, Assistant Corporation Counsel, filed a memorandum in lieu of brief for the District of Columbia.

Edward J. Krill and William J. Carter, Washington, DC, filed an amicus curiae brief for the Hospital for Sick Children; the Medical Society of the District of Columbia; the American Medical Association, through the A.M.A. State Medical Society Litigation Center; Professors Robert F. Drinan, S.J. and Kevin Quinn, S.J. of the Georgetown University Law Center; and Dr. John J. Lynch on behalf of the Metropolitan Washington Bioethics Network.

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


REID, Associate Judge:

This poignant matter involves a "do not resuscitate" order ("the DNR") entered by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in the case of a neglected child, K.I., who, since birth approximately two years ago, has suffered continuously from several serious medical problems. Currently the child is in a comatose state and has been described as "neurologically devastated." The DNR, entered together with a comprehensive memorandum opinion by...

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