IN RE D.H.

Nos. 06-FS-148, 06-FS-149, 06-FS-150, 06-FS-151, 06-FS-152, 06-FS-153, 06-FS-154, 06-FS-155, 06-FS-823, 06-FS-824, 06-FS-825, 06-FS-826, 06-FS-861, 06-FS-862, 06-FS-863, 06-FS-864.

917 A.2d 112 (2007)

In re D.H., M.H., T.H., and E.H., L.H. and D.P., Appellants, and In re Petition of J.B.N. and T.F.N., L.H. and D.P., Appellants.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel K. Dorsey, appointed by the court, with whom Melanie R. Brady was on the brief, for appellant D.P.

T. Michael Barry filed a statement in lieu of brief for appellant L.H.

Marion E. Baurley, Washington, for appellees J.B.N. and T.F.N.

Karen A. Weiss, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee.

Donna Beasley, Guardian Ad Litem, filed a statement in lieu of brief for appellee.

Before FISHER, BLACKBURNERIGSBY and THOMPSON, Associate Judges.


BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge.

In this appeal, birth parents L.H. and D.P. seek reversal of the trial court's1 decision finding that they acted contrary to the best interest of their four children by withholding their consent to the childrens' adoption by suitable and loving adoptive parents, who have cared for the children since 1996. Although the mother, L.H., commendably engaged in drug rehabilitation, with some periods of success...

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