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IN RE D.M.

No. 10-FS-579.

47 A.3d 539 (2012)

In re D.M., District of Columbia, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Woykovsky , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Peter J. Nickles , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Irvin B. Nathan, Acting Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellant.

Kristen Henning , with whom Steven H. Goldblatt , Washington, and Kathy C. Chang , were on the brief., for D.M.

James Klein and Jaclyn S. Frankfurt were on the brief for amicus curiae Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.

Before GLICKMAN, Associate Judge, RUIZ, Senior Judge, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.

RUIZ, Senior Judge:

This appeal presents an issue of first impression: the scope of the Superior Court's authority to terminate and dismiss a juvenile proceeding in Family Court once the juvenile has been found to have committed a delinquent act and in need of care or rehabilitation. In this case, D.M., a juvenile, pled involved to one count of misdemeanor theft in the Family Division of the Superior Court. The trial court found, at a dispositional proceeding, that...

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