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IN RE G.K.

No. 09-FS-510.

993 A.2d 558 (2010)

In re G.K.; District of Columbia, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 22, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacy L. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Peter J. Nickles, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Donna M. Murasky, Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellant District of Columbia.

Rosalind W. Johnson, appointed by this court, filed a brief for appellee M.K.L.

Stephen L. Watsky, Washington, DC, appointed by this court, for appellee L.L., filed a statement in lieu of brief, adopting the briefs of appellant District of Columbia and appellee M.K.L.

Jonathan M. Krell, Guardian Ad Litem, for appellee G.K.

Kenneth H. Rosenau for amicus curiae Children's National Medical Center.

Before GLICKMAN, FISHER, and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges.

BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

In this matter, the District of Columbia challenges a May 12, 2009, Family Court order (the "Order") that directed the District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency ("CFSA") to assume responsibility for deciding whether to authorize inpatient psychotropic medications for a child who had been committed to its legal custody. We note at the outset that this is a case of first impression; never before have we been asked to decide...

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