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IN RE A.R.

No. 06-FS-1202.

950 A.2d 667 (2008)

In re A.R., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 19, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.R. Marblestein-Deare, Guardian Ad Litem, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Jennifer A. Renton, appointed by the court, for K.R.

Linda Singer, Attorney General for the District of Columbia at the time, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Edward Schwab, Deputy Solicitor General at the time, and Stacy L. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, filed a Statement indicating the District would not file a brief in this appeal.

Before REID, KRAMER and FISHER, Associate Judges.

REID, Associate Judge:

Appellant, A.R. appeals the trial court's September 6, 2006, order closing her neglect case, sua sponte, after she reached her eighteenth birthday. We conclude that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to base its order on a correct legal principle, the need to safeguard the child's welfare, or the best interest of the child standard. Hence, we are constrained to reverse the trial court's order, and we remand this case for...

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