Legal Opinion
In re J.D.W.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 14, 1998No. Nos. 97-FS-310, 97-FS-1594PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This is a case in which two pairs of prospective adoptive parents, both deemed fit, are competing to adopt a young child whose birth mother (who is not a party to this appeal) gave “consent” first to one pair and then, nearly a year and a half later, to the other. We are asked to reverse an order of the trial court granting the petition of the latter pair, appellees J.C.W. and H.W. (the ‘Wilsons”)1 to adopt J.D.W. (the “child”), a five-year-old child at the time of trial, and dismissing the petition of the former pair, appellants J.G. and A.G. (the “Grants”).
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- In Re Petition for Adoption of J. S. R.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Petition of DISDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- In re D.R.M.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- In re L.W.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
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3Cited by18 opinions
- In re J.G.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
- Wilkins v. FergusonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
- In re K.I.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
- In re C.A.B.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
- In re C.L.O.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2012
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