I. B. v. District of Columbia Department of Human Resources, Social Services Administration

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

These juvenile appellants seek reversal of an order dismissing their petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Each was originally determined to be a “dependent” child under provisions of a now superseded law. 1 In their petition for the writ they challenged the sufficiency of a recent nontestimonial hearing which apparently looked anew into their present status. The particular assertion in the petition, and also here, is that the trial court’s review of their status, resulting in a determination that appellants were…