In re D.R.

D.R.’s biological mother, Da.R., appeals the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights as to D.R. The majority affirms. To the contrary, because the trial court did not address one of the statutory factors that bear on the decision whether to terminate parental rights — in particular, D.C.Code § 16 — 2358(b)(5) (1989 Repl. & 1995 Supp.) concerning drug-related activity in the child’s home environment — I would remand for further proceedings.1

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D.R. was bom prematurely in September 1991, suffering from prenatal cocaine exposure. D.R. lived as a “boarder baby” in the Columbia Hospital…