Matter of Guardianship of Cruz

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• holding that where the court made findings to support the mandatory appointment of a guardian for a minor under §§ 14-5204 and -5207, the court had no discretion to deny a guardianship petition
• when “shall” and “may” are used in the same paragraph of a statute, we infer that the legislature intended each term to carry its ordinary meaning
• “shall” and “may” appeared in same paragraph of statute; court applied statute as written

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