UPSON v. WALLACE

Nos. 07-FM-572, 08-FM-435, 08-FM-436, 08-FM-1278, 08-FM-1279, 09-FM-1151, 09-FM-1620, 08-FM-450, 08-FM-555.

3 A.3d 1148 (2010)

Deanne R. UPSON, Appellant, v. William E. WALLACE III, Appellee. William E. Wallace III, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Deanne R. Upson, Appellee/Cross-Appellant. and In re Patrick G. Merkle, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick G. Merkle , pro se.

William E. Wallace III , pro se.

Deanne Rose Upson , pro se.

Joanne L. Werdel , with whom Joan Meier and Leah Brannon , Washington, DC, were on the brief of Amicus Curiae Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project in support of appellant Deanne R. Upson.

Before KRAMER and FISHER, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.


KING, Senior Judge:

These nine consolidated appeals and cross-appeal stem from protracted and contentious litigation surrounding the custody of Georgiana Rose Wallace, the daughter of William Wallace and Deanne Upson, who was born on May 30, 2004, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, nine months after her parents engaged in a brief intimate relationship. Because of the lengthy and confusing procedural history of this case, this opinion is divided into two sections, one...

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