Legal Opinion
In re N.N.N.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 2009No. 06-FS-872PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:
In this adoption matter, D.H. (appellant, birth mother) makes three arguments on appeal: First, she contends that the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over her in the adoption proceeding below. Second, she argues that Super. Ct. Adoption R. 4 and her due process rights were violated because she was not personally served with the summons for the adoption hearing — the hearing at which the magistrate judge waived her consent to N.N.N.’s adoption of the minor child De.H. Third, she contends that the trial court erred in finding that she abandoned her…
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