Legal Opinion

In re H.C. K.C.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided July 5, 2018No. 17-FS-892Published

1Opinion of the Court

Glickman, Associate Judge:

This is a mother's appeal from an order changing her neglected child's permanency goal to adoption. The decision was made after an evidentiary hearing, as required by In re Ta.L. , 149 A.3d 1060 (D.C. 2016) (en banc). The Magistrate Judge found that the mother's intellectual disability and mental health needs rendered her incapable of properly caring for the child, even *1256 with the parental training and other assistance she had been receiving and despite the government's reasonable efforts for over a year to help her ameliorate the conditions that led to her child's…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Alexander v. ChoateSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. School Bd. of Nassau Cty. v. ArlineSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Fry v. Napoleon Community SchoolsSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
  4. Adoption of GregoryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  5. Lucy J. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2010

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