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IN RE PETITION OF P.D.J.K.

No. 17-FS-1046.

182 A.3d 1234 (2018)

IN RE PETITION OF P.D.J.K., J.W., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 26, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adriane R. Marblestein-Deare , La Plata, was on the brief for appellant J.W.

Ronald A. Colbert , Washington, was on the brief for petitioner/appellee P.D.J.K.

Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Loren L. AliKhan , Solicitor General, Stacy Anderson , Acting Deputy Solicitor General, and Pamela Soncini , Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief for appellee the District of Columbia.

Karen A. Bower filed a statement in lieu of brief for appellee J.J.

Stacey Boehm-Russell , guardian ad litem, filed a statement in lieu of brief for respondent/appellee S.W.

Before Glickman and Fisher, Associate Judges, and Washington, Senior Judge.

Appellant J.W. appeals the decision of the Superior Court to approve the adoption of her daughter S.W. without her consent. She primarily contends that the adoption trial was fundamentally unfair and that the magistrate judge abused her discretion in weighing the evidence. We disagree and affirm.

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