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APPLICATION OF L.L.

Nos. 94-FS-469, 94-FS-506.

653 A.2d 873 (1995)

In re Application of L.L., FOR the ADOPTION OF A MINOR, and In re M.D., Jr., L.L. and M.D., Jr., Appellants, M.D., Sr. and C.D., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 9, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory G. Garre, with whom Donna L. Wulkan, Walter A. Smith, Jr. and Melissa R. Jones, were on the brief, for appellants.

Thomas H. Kirkpatrick, for appellee M.D., Sr.

M. Lisanne Crowley, Susan M. Hoffman, and John E. McCarthy, Jr., filed a brief for Consortium for Child Welfare, amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Before TERRY and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

These expedited appeals stem from two consolidated trial court proceedings relating to appellant M.D., Jr., now four years old. Appellant L.L., who has been M.D., Jr.'s foster mother for more than two and one half years, initiated the first proceeding, seeking leave of court to adopt him. In the second proceeding, M.D., Jr.'s guardian ad litem, who supports the foster mother's petition for adoption, asked the trial court to terminate the...

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