Matter of DAS

391 A.2d 255 (1978)

In the Matter of D. A. S., Appellant.

No. 12613.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued April 25, 1978.

Decided August 21, 1978.

Diane M. Smith, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Washington D. C., at the time the case was briefed and argued, and Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY and NEBEKER, Associate Judges, and HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

The sole issue…