MATTHEWS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 02-CV-38.

875 A.2d 650 (2005)

Katie G. MATTHEWS, as Guardian and Next Friend of LaChrisia Lorraine Matthews, Appellant. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, and Angela Barrett, as Guardian and Next Friend of Nicholas Matthews, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 2, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Laake, Jr., Greenbelt, MD, for appellant, Katie G. Matthews, as Guardian and Next Friend of LaChrisia Lorraine Matthews.

Sheila Kaplan, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Arabella W. Teal, Interim Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief for appellee, the District of Columbia.*

Harold L. Levi, Washington, for appellee, Angela Barrett, as Guardian and Next Friend of Nicholas Matthews.

Before SCHWELB, FARRELL and RUIZ, Associate Judges.


RUIZ, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from the trial court's dismissal of the appellant's complaint, filed at the request of the Police and Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Board ("Board"), for a declaration of her child's paternity that would enable the Board to determine the child's entitlement to survivor benefits resulting from the death of her putative father, a firefighter. We disagree with the trial court's determination...

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