Legal Opinion
In re D.K.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 18, 2011No. 10-FS-1574PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OBERLY, Associate Judge:
The District of Columbia challenges a December 6, 2010, Family Court order requiring the Child and Family Services Agency (“CFSA”) to pay $1,800 in “emancipation funds” to D.K., a neglected child, on his twenty-first birthday. Because we agree with the District that the trial court lacked statutory authority to order CFSA to pay emancipation funds directly to a neglected child, we vacate that portion of the trial court’s order requiring CFSA to pay the emancipation funds to D.K.
I. Facts
D.K. was emancipated by operation of law on December 27, 2010. In anticipation of…
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