Legal Opinion
In re D.H.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 15, 2007No. Nos. 06-FS-148, 06-FS-149, 06-FS-150, 06-FS-151, 06-FS-152, 06-FS-153, 06-FS-154, 06-FS-155, 06-FS-823, 06-FS-824, 06-FS-825, 06-FS-826, 06-FS-861, 06-FS-862, 06-FS-863, 06-FS-864PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:
In this appeal, birth parents L.H. and D.P. seek reversal of the trial court’s1 decision finding that they acted contrary to the best interest of their four children by withholding their consent to the childrens’ adoption by suitable and loving adoptive parents, who have cared for the children since 1996. Although the mother, L.H., commendably engaged in drug rehabilitation, with some periods of success, over the course of the childrens’ nine-year involvement in the foster care system, we discern no error in the trial court’s refusal to deny the children a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Hill v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- In re J.G.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
- In re S.C.M.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
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