IN RE TA.L.

Nos. 11-FS-1217, 11-FS-1218, 11-FS-1255, 11-FS-1256, 11-FS-1257, 11-FS-1258, 11-FS-1259, 11-FS-1260.

75 A.3d 122 (2013)

In re TA.L.; A.H. & T.L., Appellants. In re A.L.; A.H. & T.L., Appellants. In re Petition of R.W. & A.W.; A.H., T.L., & E.A., Appellants. In re Petition of E.A., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie J. Susskind and N. Kate Deshler Gould for appellants A.H. and T.L.

Joyce Aceves-Amaya , with whom Tanya Asim Cooper was on the brief, for appellant E.A.

Melanie L. Katsur , with whom Sarah A. Wilson , Lissa M. Percopo , Washington, DC, and guardian ad litem Kelly Venci , were on the brief, for appellees R.W. and A.W.

Stacy L. Anderson , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Irvin B. Nathan , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, and Donna M. Murasky , Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

John C. Keeney, Jr. , and Kyle J. Fiet , Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, and David Reiser , Washington, DC, filed a brief as amicus curiae in support of appellants T.L., A.H., and E.A.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge, and REID, Senior Judge.


WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:

A.H. and T.L., biological parents of minor children A.L. and Ta.L., along with the children's great aunt, E.A., challenge the trial court's decision granting the adoption of A.L. and Ta.L. by their foster parents, R.W. and A. W., and denying E.A.'s adoption petition. On appeal, A.H. and T.L. argue that the trial court erred in changing the permanency goal for the children from reunification to adoption on May 14, 2009, and that they should...

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