Legal Opinion
In re E.H.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 1, 1998No. 96-FS-1804PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge.
On October 4,1996, following a fact-finding hearing, a Superior Court judge found that respondent E.H., who was then almost three years old, was a neglected child. The judge’s decision was based on the mental illness of E.H.’s mother, G.H., and on the consequences for E.H. of the mother’s bizarre beliefs and conduct. On appeal, the mother contends that the finding of neglect was not supported by the evidence, and that the court intruded inappropriately on G.H.’s right to raise her daughter.
The case is a troubling one, for the evidence shows beyond doubt that G.H.…
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