Legal Opinion
In re A.R.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 20, 1996No. 94-FS-1260PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
In June 1994, following a two-day fact-finding hearing, the trial judge terminated the parental rights1 of the father and mother of appellee AR., a boy who was then six years of age. On appeal, the father, who is the sole appellant, contends primarily that the judge abused her discretion in terminating his rights because1 she did not interview A.R. and because she failed to ascertain A.R.’s opinion of his own best interests. We affirm.
I
THE FACTS
A A.R.’s History.
A.R. was bom on December 4, 1987. His mother is a paranoid schizophrenic who has abused unlawful drugs,…
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