IN RE PETITION OF D.B. D.B.

McLEESE, Associate Judge:

Appellant D.B. seeks review of an order denying D.B.’s request for access to adoption records in order to learn the identities of his biological parents. We vacate and remand for further proceedings.

I

Appellant D.B. was adopted in the District of Columbia in the mid-1960s. The Jewish Social Services Agency (“JSSA”) was the adoption agency involved. In 2004, D.B. filed a petition in the Superior Court seeking access to the records of his adoption. The trial court partially granted D.B.’s request, but D.B. did not obtain information identifying his biological parents.

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