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  • 724 A.2d 590
  • 1999 D.C. App. LEXIS 25

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  • reversing and remanding where trial court failed to give requisite weighty consideration to neglectful parent’s preference that children be placed with cousin
  • “[T]he court could not make any finding with respect to the [chosen caregiver] because it did not have any evidence addressing her fitness as a custodian for the children.”
  • \[T]he court could not make any finding with respect to the [chosen caregiver] because it did not have any evidence addressing her fitness as a custodian for the children.\

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Judges: Reid, Terry, Wagner

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