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IN RE J.D.W.

Nos. 97-FS-310, 97-FS-1594.

711 A.2d 826 (1998)

In re J.D.W. J.G. and A.G., Appellants.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 14, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Schneebaum, with whom Laura C. Tayloe was on the brief, Washington, DC, for appellants J.G. and A.G.

William H. Thompson for appellees J.C.W. and H.W.

Judith A. Lovelace, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, filed a statement in lieu of brief for appellee J.D.W.

Before TERRY, STEADMAN and KING, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This is a case in which two pairs of prospective adoptive parents, both deemed fit, are competing to adopt a young child whose birth mother (who is not a party to this appeal) gave "consent" first to one pair and then, nearly a year and a half later, to the other. We are asked to reverse an order of the trial court granting the petition of the latter pair, appellees J.C.W. and H.W. (the "Wilsons")1 to adopt J...

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