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Submitted March 23, 2010

Before PRYOR, TERRY, and FARRELL, Senior Judges.

The Child and Family Services Agency (“CFSA”) removed eleven-year-old M.F. from the custody of her father, appellant J.F., after a phone call to the CFSA child abuse hotline and a subsequent visit by authorities to M.F.’s home. Two days later the District of Columbia filed a petition in the Superior Court alleging that M.F. was a neglected child. After an evidentiary hearing, Magistrate Judge Tara Fentress found that M.F. was abused and neglected under D.C. Code § 16-2301 (9)(A)(i), (ii), (iii), and (x) (2009 Repl.). Upon review, Associate Judge Odessa Vincent affirmed the decision of the Magistrate Judge. In this appeal from Judge Vincent’s final order, J.F. argues (1) that the evidence was insufficient to support the adjudications of neglect; (2) that the court erred by failing to compel the District of Columbia to provide J.F. with a copy of a taped interview with M.F.; and (3) that the court erred when it denied visitation rights to J.F. We find no error and affirm the judgment in all respects.

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