Legal Opinion
E.P.L. v. J.L.-A.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 9, 2018No. 16-FM-991PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Easterly, Associate Judge:
E.P.L.1 (hereinafter "M.L.P.'s mother") appeals from a Superior Court order declining to make the requisite findings for her daughter M.L.P. to qualify for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS or SIJ status) pursuant to 8 U.S.C.A. § 1101 (a)(27)(J) and 8 C.F.R. § 204.11 (c)(1), (2). Specifically, she challenges the court's asserted inability under the requisite SIJS criteria to find both that reunification of M.L.P. with her biological father is not viable due to abandonment, and that it is not in the best interest of M.L.P. to return to her country of origin,…
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