Legal Opinion
W.H. v. D.W.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 24, 2013No. 11-FM-1334PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REID, Senior Judge:
This ease involves a justiciability question, that is, whether appellees, D.W. and J.W., have standing under a District of Columbia statute that authorizes custody by persons other than a natural or biological parent. The case also raises an issue concerning the presumption that a natural or biological parent, here appellant W.H. Ill (“W.H.”), has the right to custody of his children.
W.H. appeals from the order of the Family Court granting joint legal and physical custody of his biological children, T.H. and W.H. IV, to their brother, D.W.1 and their maternal grandmother,…
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