MATTER OF BABY GIRL D.S.

No. 89-1513.

600 A.2d 71 (1991)

In the Matter of BABY GIRL D.S. Appeal of V.V., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Sylvester, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Donna L. Wulkan, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellee T.S.

Before FERREN, STEADMAN, and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.


FERREN, Associate Judge:

In this case, the trial court denied, without prejudice,1 a guardian ad litem's motion to terminate the parental rights of a fifteen-year-old natural mother, T.S. In declining to terminate, the court did not conclude the mother was a fit parent. Rather, by looking ahead to a pending adoption contest in which the foster mother and the maternal grandparents both sought to adopt the baby girl, the court concluded...

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