District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2/26/2004
In re A.H.
Citations
- 842 A.2d 674
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- acknowledging that a finding of neglect may not be “predicated on nothing more than a single snapshot of the family’s existence”
- upholding finding of neglect based on “substantial risks of serious harm,” where, for extended period, home was filled with human fecal matter, roaches, rotting food, and other garbage, and gas oven was left on with door open, while children played nearby
- “intervention may be justified by danger to the physical or emotional health of a child, or the significant threat thereto”
- “[E]vidence that the parent had ... sufficient financial resources ... could take the form of evidence that the parent was receiving or was eligible to receive public assistance.”
- “A snapshot may be vivid and evocative, and sometimes it may suffice, but usually it is an unsatisfactory basis on which to make the important judgments required in a neglect proceeding.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Glickman, Schwelb, Steadman
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- In re K.M.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2013-09-12· cited 21×
- In re D.S.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2012-09-20· cited 16×
- In re A.G.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-06-01· cited 14×
- In re P.B.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2012-08-23· cited 12×
- In re J.R.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2011-12-22· cited 9×
- In re N.N.N.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2009-12-31· cited 4×
- In re T.H.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-08-03· cited 3×
- In re K.S.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2009-03-05· cited 3×
- In Re KSDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2009-03-05
- In Re AHDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2004-02-26
- In Re NNNDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2009-12-31
- In Re AGDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-06-01
Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court· 2000-06-05· cited 6,943×
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 5,889×
- In re S.G.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-10-26· cited 126×
- In re T.M.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-07-16· cited 79×
- Majeska v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2002-12-19· cited 40×
- In re E.H.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1998-10-01· cited 38×
- Newby v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2002-05-09· cited 35×
- In re J.A.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-12-20· cited 29×
- In re B.C.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-12-07· cited 23×
- In re T.W.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1999-07-15· cited 23×
- In re M.D.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2000-08-24· cited 23×
- In re T.G.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1996-11-14· cited 16×
- Prezzi v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1948-11-04· cited 13×
- In re A.S.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1994-06-09· cited 11×
- In re D.C.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-07-18· cited 7×
- In re C.C.J.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2001-07-26· cited 4×
- In re W.T.L.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2002-12-31· cited 3×
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