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IN RE A.G.

Nos. 04-FS-451, 04-FS-739.

900 A.2d 677 (2006)

In re A.G.; B.G., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 1, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ardelia L. Davis, Alexandria, VA, appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant B.G.

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

Joseph W. Jose, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, filed a statement in lieu of brief for appellees J.R. and S.R.

A.R. Marblestein-Deare, appointed by the court as guardian ad litem, filed a statement in lieu of brief for A.G.

Before GLICKMAN and KRAMER, Associate Judges, and STEADMAN, Senior Judge.

STEADMAN, Senior Judge:

The natural father of A.G., a minor child within the neglect system, appeals the trial court's decision to award "permanent guardianship" to the child's maternal aunt and uncle under the relatively new Foster Children's Guardianship Act, D.C.Code § 16-2381 et seq., which became effective in 2001.1 The Act provides that guardianship decisions shall be based upon "a preponderance of the evidence." D.C...

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