IN RE M.L.P.

Nos. 04-FS-366, 04-FS-367 and 04-FS-581 to 04-FS-584.

936 A.2d 316 (2007)

In re M.L.P., C.B., Appellant. In re M.L.P., C.B., Appellant. In re S.M., M.L.P., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela H. Roth, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for M.L.P.

David H. Dupree, Knoxville, TN, for C.B.

Elisa Long, for S.M.

Charles H. Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC, filed a statement in lieu of brief for W.M.

Virginia R. Stith, Marlow Heights, MD, filed a statement in lieu of brief for G.F.

Marc E. Miller, Washington, DC, filed a statement of lieu of brief of Guardian Ad Litem.

Stacy L. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General for the District of Columbia at the time the brief was filed, and Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Attorney General, filed a brief, for the District of Columbia in Nos. 04-FS-366 and 04-FS-367.

Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General for the District of Columbia at the time the brief was filed, Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Attorney General, and Stacy L. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, filed a statement in lieu of brief in Nos. 04-FS-581, 04-FS-582, 04-FS-583, and 04-FS-584.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, WAGNER and SCHWELB, Senior Judges.


PER CURIAM:

These consolidated appeals relate to the adoption of four children of appellant, C.B., their biological mother. The two older children, R.B. (born June 29, 1991) and G.B. (born February 23, 1993), were adopted by M.L.P. with whom they had been living since August 1998. The final decrees of adoption were docketed on August 26, 2003, and no appeals were filed. After these adoptions were finalized, C.B. filed a motion to set aside the adoptions pursuant to...

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