In re the Adoption of Doe

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kristin Booth Glen, S.

At the call of the calendar on March 23, 2007 in this proceeding to vacate the adoption of John Doe (JD), the court denied the motion of respondent ERJ to allow Eileen .Caulfield Schwab, guardian ad litem (GAL) for JD, to participate in a trial on foreign law. What follows constitutes the court’s opinion on that motion.1

Background

On April 12, 2006, without opposition, ERJ readopted JD, a Cambodian orphan, in this court. Subsequently, on August 1, 2006, LMB, with whom she had a prior relationship, moved to vacate the adoption on the grounds that he was…