IN RE L.M.

No. 23-FS-0386.

305 A.3d 373 (2023)

IN RE L.M., Appellant; District of Columbia, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 11, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa Colangelo , with whom Rajan Bal and Katherine Piggott-Tooke were on the brief, for Children's Law Center, as Guardian ad Litem, for appellant L.M.

Pamela Soncini , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Brian L. Schwalb , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Caroline S. Van Zile , Solicitor General, Ashwin P. Phatak , Principal Deputy Solicitor General, and Stacy L. Anderson , Senior Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Before Beckwith, Easterly, and Mcleese, Associate Judges.


Appellant L.M., through her guardian ad litem, sought summary reversal of an order placing her in shelter care. See D.C. Code § 16-2301(14) (defining "shelter care" as "temporary care of a child in physically unrestricting facilities, designated by the [court], pending...

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