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IN RE J.T.B.

No. 08-FS-557.

968 A.2d 106 (2009)

In re Petition of J.T.B., T.W., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monica Myles, Douglasville, GA, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Anthony R. Davenport, appointed by the court, for appellee.

Catherine Ferrando, Assistant Attorney General, D.C., with whom Peter J. Nickles, Acting Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, and Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General and Donna M. Murasky, Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Nan R. Hooven, Guardian Ad Litem for M.W., Santa Rosa, CA, joined in the arguments submitted by the District of Columbia in its brief.

Before REID, GLICKMAN, and THOMPSON, Associate Judges.

REID, Associate Judge:

Appellant, T.W., the birth mother of M.W., appeals from an order of the Honorable Linda K. Davis (sitting as a Reviewing Judge in the Family Court) which denied T.W.'s motion and amended motion for review of the Final Decree of Adoption, issued by the Honorable Carol Dalton (Magistrate Judge) in response to appellee, J.T.B.'s petition to adopt M.W. We hold that Super. Ct. Adoption R. 52 requires the Family Court to issue written findings of...

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