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MATTER OF O.A.

No. 85-1717.

548 A.2d 499 (1988)

In the Matter of O.A., Y.A., and M.M. Appeal of G.A.O.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Pat Toups, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for respondents O.A., Y.A., and M.M.

Thomas C. Devlin, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Corp. Counsel, with whom Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Mary L. Wilson, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for the District of Columbia, appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and FERREN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

This case presents the question whether the expiration of a trial court order committing neglected children to the care and custody of the Department of Human Services (D.H.S.) prevents the court thereafter from exercising jurisdiction to continue the children's commitment nunc pro tunc to the date of expiration.

Appellant G.A.O. is the mother of O.A., Y.A., and M.M., all minor children. The children were adjudicated neglected...

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