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IN RE J.G.

No. 02-FS-131.

831 A.2d 992 (2003)

In re J.G. Jr. G.T.G., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 18, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Hollander, Bethesda, MD, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Alan Solomon for appellee.

Arabella W. Teal, Interim Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel at the time the statement was filed, and Sheila Kaplan, Assistant Corporation Counsel, filed a statement in lieu of brief for the District of Columbia.

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

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

G.T.G., the biological mother of J.G. Jr., born on February 1, 1997, appeals from a final decree of adoption of J.G. Jr. by S.M.T., J.G. Jr.'s maternal great-aunt. The mother contends that the trial judge erred by permitting the adoption over her objection and by finding that a waiver of the statutory consent requirement, see D.C.Code § 16-304(e) (2001), was in the best interest of the child. We affirm.

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