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A.J. v. L.O.

No. 95-FM-1225.

697 A.2d 1189 (1997)

A.J. et al., Appellants, v. L.O., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick K. O'Keefe, with whom Christoper J. Herrling and Melissa G. Reinberg, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellants.

Janis O'Connor, Germantown, MD, for appellee.

Before FERREN, STEADMAN, and RUIZ, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

A.J. and S.J. ("plaintiffs") appeal from the trial court's dismissal of their action seeking custody of their four biological children, who were legally adopted in 1989 by appellee, L.O., and his now-deceased wife, B.O. The trial court concluded that plaintiffs, whose parental rights had been terminated in the 1989 adoption decree, were legal strangers to the children and thus had no standing to sue for custody under District of Columbia law...

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