Legal Opinion
In re J.A.G.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 8, 1982No. 80-1263PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
The issue presented by this appeal is whether the Family Division of the Superi- or Court has the authority to order a specific placement for a delinquent juvenile who is on aftercare status, under the custody of the District of Columbia Department of Human Services (DHS), and to order the agency to pay the expenses of that placement. DHS appeals from such an order, which directs that J.A.G. be placed in a private school in Atlanta, Georgia.
I conclude that, though the court properly specified a particular placement as part of its original disposition order, the court had…
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