IN RE A.T.

No. 10-FS-124.

10 A.3d 127 (2010)

In re A.T.; District of Columbia, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacy L. Anderson , Assistant Attorney General for the District of Columbia, 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.

John J. Connelly , for appellee A.T.

Joseph W. Jose , Washington, DC, guardian ad litem for appellee A.T.

Before KRAMER and OBERLY, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.


OBERLY, Judge:

The District of Columbia appeals from the Superior Court's January 4, 2010, Findings of Fact, Conclusion of Law, and Order of Admission, which granted A.T.'s "Petition for Admission of a Mentally Retarded Person," and ordered that A.T. be admitted to a Department on Disability Services ("DDS") facility for the provision of residential habilitation. On appeal, the District argues, first, that the trial court had no authority to conduct a de novo<...

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