Legal Opinion
In re N. M. S.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 8, 1975No. 8288PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Per curiam
There are three parties to this appeal: (1) a young girl (the child) 9Yz years of age at the time of the hearing in the trial court; (2) the mother of the child who, when the child was 4 days old, consented to commitment of the child to the Child Welfare Division of the District of Columbia Department of Public Welfare because she felt that for financial and other reasons she was temporarily unable to care for the child;1 and (3) a man and wife (the foster parents) in whose care the Welfare Division had placed the child and with whom the child has lived since she was 8 days old.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Guardianship of SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- In the Matter of Jesse Gene ElmoreCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Louise Flood Bell v. Gwendolyn Hairston Leonard, Alonzo Bell and Louise Virginia Bell v. Gwendolyn Hairston LeonardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Jackson v. FitzgeraldDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962
- Holtsclaw v. MercerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by33 opinions
- In re S.G.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Appeal of H.R.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- In Re Petition for Adoption of J. S. R.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Petition of DISDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- In re D.R.M.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
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