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IN RE H.B.

No. 03-FS-269.

855 A.2d 1091 (2004)

In re Petition of H.B.; R.W., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 22, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne Schamest, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Marion E. Baurley, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant, H.B.

Robert J. Spagnoletti, Corporation Counsel, Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Stacy L. Anderson, Assistant Corporation Counsel, filed a statement in lieu of brief, for the District of Columbia.1

Before STEADMAN, FARRELL and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.

WASHINGTON, Associate Judge:

Biological mother R.W. appeals the adoption of her son D.W. by H.B., his maternal aunt. First, R.W. contends that the trial court erred by staying the adoption petition for six months, rather than dismissing it, after concluding at that point that it lacked clear and convincing evidence to support waiving her consent to the adoption. Second, R.W. argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it granted the adoption petition six...

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