In Re Amanda M.

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter comes before the Supreme Court by way of a petition of the plaintiff, the Department for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), for certiorari to review an order of a Family Court justice granting the request of the defendant, Dawn McCormick (the mother), for the payment of one month’s rent on her apartment. We reverse the Family Court order for the payment of one month’s rent.

The mother’s problems with the neglect of her children, Amanda (aged six) and Brittany (aged two), extend back to September of 1991. On September 6, 1991, DCYF received a report alleging…