IN RE D.S.

Nos. 10-FS-1556, 10-FS-1557, 10-FS-1558, 10-FS-1559, 10-FS-1560, 10-FS-1561.

88 A.3d 678 (2012)

In re D.S., K.M., B.S., R.S., T.S. & P.S.; J.M., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 20, 2012.

As Amended on Rehearing March 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie J. Susskind , appointed by the court, for appellant.

Mindy Leon , appointed by the court, Guardian ad Litem for appellees D.S., K.M., B.S., R.S., T.S. & P.S., filed a statement in lieu of brief.

Beverli B.V. Wynn-Euell , appointed by the court, for appellee V.S., filed a statement in lieu of brief.

Dana K. Rubin , with whom Irvin Nathan , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, and Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY and BECKWITH, Associate Judges, and FERREN, Senior Judge.


BECKWITH, Associate Judge:

This case involves the ardent yet unsuccessful effort of an unwed biological father of six children to keep these children after their mother's abuse of them led first to their removal from her home, then to her stipulation that they were neglected, and ultimately to their commitment to the District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) over the father's objections. We concluded in an opinion issued after our initial hearing...

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