IN RE JAM.J.

Nos. 00-FS-1690, 00-FS-1691, 00-FS-1692, 01-FS-289.

825 A.2d 902 (2003)

In Re JAM.J. & Jas.J., B.A. & K.C., Appellants.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Boothby, Washington, DC, for appellant B.A.

Steven H. Schiff, Washington, DC, for appellant K.C.

Sheila Kaplan, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Arabella W. Teal, Interim Corporation Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

David H. Stringer entered an appearance for appellees Jam.J. and Jas.J.

Before REID, RUIZ and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.


GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

The government filed neglect petitions for seven-year-old Jas.J. and her five-year-old brother Jam.J. on March 17, 1999. The petitions alleged that their mother B.A. and her boyfriend K.C. had physically abused Jas.J. on March 10, 1999 by administering excessive corporal punishment in the form of spankings, and that Jam.J. was in imminent danger of similar abuse. See D.C.Code § 16-2301(9)(A) & (E) (2001). After a fact finding...

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