In re S.G.

KING, Associate Judge:

These appeals involve petitions for adoption filed by the wives of the natural fathers of children bom to surrogate mothers who were artificially inseminated by the sperm of the natural father. As far as the record shows, none of the wives seeking to adopt, their husbands, or the surrogate mothers are, or ever have been, residents of the District of Columbia. In each ease the petitioners contend that, because the prospective adoptees were in the legal care, custody, or control of a District of Columbia child-placing agency, the trial court had jurisdiction to grant the…