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.
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Argued April 9, 2003.
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.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
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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