In the Interest of C.L.C.

OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

This case involves two children, a boy born in May 1987 and a girl born in March 1989. The two children have the same natural mother but different natural fathers. In 1990 the parental rights of all natural parents were terminated in two separate orders. The termination orders are not challenged here.

In July 1989, well before the termination orders, both children were placed in the foster home of Pam Thodos. They have remained in the Thodos home since that time.

While in the Thodos foster home, the children developed a relationship with Pam Thodos’ daughter Mia Bartels…