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S.M. v. R.M.

No. 13-FM-236.

92 A.3d 1128 (2014)

S.M., Appellant v. R.M., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 12, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle R. Bonner , for appellant S.M.

R.M., pro se.

Melissa Colangelo , Children's Law Center, with whom Katherine Zeisel , Washington, DC, was on the brief, for amicus curiae in support of child's best interests.

Before GLICKMAN and EASTERLY, Associate Judges, and FARRELL, Senior Judge.

EASTERLY, Associate Judge:

This case requires us to interpret the Safe and Stable Homes for Children and Youth Amendment Act of 2007, D.C.Code §§ 16-831.01 to .13, 21-2301 (2012 Repl.), the child custody statute governing transfer of custody to non-parent third parties. Specifically, we consider whether the statutory parental presumption that custody with a parent is in a child's best interest applies beyond the initial custody transfer decision, to the...

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