PETITION OF J. O. L.

No. 14014.

409 A.2d 1073 (1979)

In the Matter of the Petition of J. O. L. II, for the Adoption of Minor Children. Appeal of Eugene JOHNSON III.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 10, 1979.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Genn, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Hal Witt, Washington, D. C., with whom Janice S. Pohl, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, FERREN and PRYOR, Associate Judges.


PRYOR, Associate Judge:

Over the objection of appellant, the natural father of two children, the trial court granted a petition for the children's adoption by the stepfather. Appellant appeals, asserting that (1) the "best interests of the child" standard of D.C. Code 1973, § 16-304(e) is substantively and procedurally unconstitutional as applied to a natural parent; and that (2) the trial court erred in concluding there was clear and convincing evidence in the...

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