IN RE TA.L.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Melanie L. Katsur , with whom Matthew D. McGill , Lissa M. Percopo , Christopher B. Leach , and Lindsay M. Paulin , 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, at the time the brief was filed, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, and Loren L. AliKhan , Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee the District of Columbia.

Kelly Venci , guardian ad litem, filed a brief in support of appellees R.W. and A.W.

James Klein , Public Defender Service, filed a brief as amicus curiae in support of appellants A.H., T.L., and E.A.

Melissa Colangelo , and Allen Snyder , Children's Law Center, filed a brief as amicus curiae on limited issue and in support of neither party.

John C. Keeney, Jr. , Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, Kyle J. Fiet , and David Reiser filed a brief for amici curiae Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia; National Association of Counsel for Children; Center for Family Representation, Inc.; Family Defense Center; and Family Law Professors Vivek S. Sankaran , Christine Gottlieb , and Martin Guggenheim , in support of appellants A.H., T.L., and E.A.

Richard P. Goldberg , and Jeremy C. Doernberger filed a brief for amicus curiae Dr. Robert S. Marvin in support of appellees R.W. and A.W.

Douglas H. Hallward-Dreimeier filed a brief for amici curiae Law Professors James G. Dwyer, J. Herbie Difonzo, Jennifer A. Drobac, Deborah L. Forman, William Ladd, Ellen Marrus, and Deborah Paruch, in support of appellees R.W. and A.W.

Concurring and dissenting opinion by Associate Judges Beckwith and Easterly, with whom Washington, Chief Judge, joins in Part I and II, at page 1121.