Legal Opinion
In Re Baby Boy C.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 19, 1993No. 92-FS-147PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
This case comes before the court for the second time. It involves the adoption of a child known in court records as “Baby Boy C.,” the son of L.C. (the mother) and H.R. (the father and appellant). Mr. and Mrs.
0., with whom custody of the child was placed soon after birth, filed a petition for adoption in the Superior Court. After extended litigation, that court granted the petition, finding by clear and convincing evidence that adoption by the 0. family was in the child’s best interest. In the father’s appeal from that ruling, this court remanded the case to the trial…
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