IN RE DE.S.

No. 04-FS-1214.

894 A.2d 448 (2006)

In re DE.S., E.B., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 16, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bashiru A. Jimoh, Philadelphia, PA, appointed by the court, for appellant E.B.

Stacy L. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, and Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Louis C. Whitsett, appointed by the court, filed a statement in lieu of brief for appellee D.B.

Before REID and KRAMER, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.


KERN, Senior Judge:

This appeal presents for our determination whether the trial court committed reversible error by affirming an order entered by its magistrate judge after an evidentiary hearing that a minor child, De.S., was a "neglected child" within the meaning of D.C.Code § 16-2301(9)(A)(ii) (2004 Supp.) because he was "regularly exposed to illegal drug-related activity in the home."

I.

The record reflects that at a hearing on a so-called...

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