Legal Opinion
In re T.J.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 21, 1995No. Nos. 94-FS-140, 94-FS-274 and 94-FS-277PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Associate Judge:
T.J., a five-year old boy (“adoptee,” “child,” or “T.J.”), M.D., T.J.’s maternal great-aunt (“great-aunt”), and C.J., T.J.’s mother, (“mother,” “natural mother,” or “C.J.”), are appealing the Superior Court’s order granting the adoption petition of M.H., T.J.’s foster mother, (“foster mother”) and denying the custody complaint of the great-aunt. The neglect, adoption, and custody cases were consolidated, and the adoption and custody issues were tried before Judge Stephen F. Eilperin in November 1993. The parties to the consolidated cases were the District of Columbia…
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