IN RE A.C.G.

No. 03-FS-1540.

894 A.2d 436 (2006)

In re Petition of A.C.G., E.D., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 16, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen L. Watsky, Washington, appointed by the court, for appellant E.D.

Marion E. Baurley, Washington, appointed by the court, for appellee A.C.G.

Stacy L. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, and Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Lucy Vera Osakwe, appointed by the court, filed a statement in lieu of brief for appellee S.S.

Leonard J. Kelly, appointed by the court, filed a statement in lieu of brief as the guardian ad litem.

Before SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.


Opinion for the court by Senior Judge NEBEKER.

NEBEKER, Senior Judge:

Appellant, the biological mother of S.A.S., challenges the termination of her parental rights and adoption of S.A.S. by her paternal great-aunt, A.C.G. She asserts that the trial court erred in concluding that there was sufficient evidence in the record to support the termination order. In addition, appellant contends that the adoption was not in the best interests of the child because the...

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