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IN RE PETITION OF G.A.P.

No. 14-FS-1310.

133 A.3d 994 (2016)

In re Petition of G.A.P.; R.S., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 17, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Orlow , for appellant.

Joseph L. Meadows , Washington, DC, with whom Daniel Forman and Jonathan M. Krell , were on the brief, for appellees G.A.P. and Guardian Ad Litem.

Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, with whom Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, Loren L. Alikhan , Deputy Solicitor General, and Jennifer V. Hancock , Assistant Attorney General Office of the Solicitor General, for the District of Columbia, filed a statement in lieu of brief.

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

Following a bench trial, the magistrate judge found the minor child, J.P., suitable for adoption by appellee, G.A.P., after waiving the required consent of J.P.'s biological parents. An associate judge reviewed the magistrate judge's order for "errors of law, abuse of discretion, or clear lack of evidentiary support" and affirmed...

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