Legal Opinion
Matter of Baby Girl DS
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 27, 1991No. 89-1513PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
In this case, the trial court denied, without prejudice,1 a guardian ad litem’s motion to terminate the parental rights of a fifteen-year-old natural mother, T.S. In declining to terminate, the court did not conclude the mother was a fit parent. Rather, by looking ahead to a pending adoption contest in which the foster mother and the maternal grandparents both sought to adopt the baby girl, the court concluded that termination would harm the child by cutting off access to both her mother and her grandparents, the E.s, before the adoption issues could be resolved.…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Appeal of H.R.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- In Re Petition for Adoption of J. S. R.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by22 opinions
- In re T.J.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- In re C.T.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
- In re I.B.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- In re T.W.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- In re J.D.W.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
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