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DC Court of Appeals Argument will be Video-Streamed, Live, for 1st time

Date
June 10, 2014

~ Court will Hear Appeal in Adoption Case, En Banc ~ 
 
WHAT: Oral argument in In Re: TALL; AH and TL; In Petition of RW and AW, AH, TL, & EA, In re: Petition of EA  (11 FS 1217, 11 FS 1218, 11 FS 1256, 11 FS 1257, 11 FS 1258, 11FS 1259 and 11 FS 1260, consolidated)    
 
Case regarding the appropriateness of the trial court changing the permanency goal for the children to adoption and whether the judge gave due consideration to the adoption petition of the biological parents’ preferred caregiver (over the foster, now adoptive, parents). 
 
 
WHEN: June 17, 2014 at 10am 
 
WHERE: Ceremonial Courtroom - Historic Courthouse  430 E Street, NW 
 
Online at: http://east.streamguys.com/dcca3 
 
 
“We are very pleased to utilize existing technology which will for the first time enable DC residents, and in fact, anyone on the internet, to observe the DC Court of Appeals, sitting as a full or en banc,  court, in action.” said Chief Judge Eric T. Washington.   
 
Note:  This is a pilot project of the DC Court of Appeals and does not in any way eliminate the general rule of the DC Courts that cameras may not be used in courtrooms without explicit permission of the chief judge of the relevant court.

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