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IN RE DeF.

No. 6545.

307 A.2d 737 (1973)

In the Matter of V. M. DeF. and C. E. M. DeF.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 20, 1973.

Rehearing En Banc Denied August 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Raywid, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

E. Calvin Golumbic, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court as amicus curiae, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and PAIR and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

The appellants are husband and wife of different racial background. On January 8, 1971, they acquired legal custody of an infant adoptee two months old born of parents of a similar mixed racial background. Pursuant to D.C.Code 1972 Supp., § 16-305,1 the appellants, on November 26, 1971, filed a petition for adoption with the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Family Division. After an investigation...

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