IN RE P.S.

No. 02-FS-946.

821 A.2d 905 (2003)

In re P.S.; District of Columbia, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Supervisory Corporation Counsel, with whom Arabella W. Teal, Interim Corporation Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellant.

Jaclyn S. Frankfurt, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellee P.S.

Before STEADMAN, SCHWELB and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.


WASHINGTON, Associate Judge:

This case tests the limits of a trial court's authority to reserve to itself the power to direct the placement and treatment of juveniles once those juveniles have been committed to the District of Columbia Department of Human Services (DHS) or another such agency. Appellant, the District of Columbia, contends that the trial court lacks statutory jurisdiction to direct administrative agencies where to place and how to treat juveniles,...

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