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IN RE C.V.

Nos. 96-FS-255 to 96-FS-258.

719 A.2d 1246 (1998)

In re C.V., R.H., Appellant. In re C.V., B.V., Appellant. In re M.V., B.V., Appellant. In re T.V., B.V., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 12, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Edward Kay, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant B.V.

Robert E. Sylvester, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant R.H.

Judith Katz, as guardian ad litem, for C.V., M.V., and T.V.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

In these appeals, we review decisions of the trial court terminating the parental rights of the mother, B.V., with respect to three children, C.V., M.V., and T.V., and of the putative father, R.H., with respect to one child, C.V.

The legal touchstone in any proceeding to terminate parental rights is the best interest of the child, and that interest is controlling. This court may reverse a trial court's determination of where the...

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