IN RE J.M.

Nos. 17-FS-1104 & 17-FS-1113.

193 A.3d 773 (2018)

IN RE J.M. & D.M.; S.M., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren B. Schwartz for appellant S.M.

Jon S. Pascale filed a statement in lieu of brief, for appellee K.L.

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

Abraham Sisson , guardian ad litem, with whom Katherine McGiffin and Ileah Welch , guardians ad litem were on the brief, for appellants J.M. and D.M.

Before Thompson and Beckwith, Associate Judges, and Pryor, Senior Judge.


S.M. (the "Mother"), the birth mother of the minor children J.M. and D.M. (the "children"), challenges a decision of the Superior Court that changed the permanency goal for the children from concurrent goals of reunification with S.M. and adoption to a sole goal of adoption. The Mother contends that the District of Columbia...

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