In the Interest of Doe Children

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

The appellant Department of Education (DOE) appeals from the following orders of the family court of the first circuit, the Honorable John C. Bryant, Jr. presiding: (1) the September 10, 2001 minute order, ordering the Department of Education (DOE) to place John Doe (John) in the eighth grade; and (2) the October 16, 2001 orders concerning the Child Protective Act, denying the motion of the DOE and the Department of Human Services (DHS), filed on October 1, 2001, for reconsideration of the September 10, 2001 minute order. 1

The DOE asserts the following on…