IN RE J.B.S.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacy L. Anderson , Senior Assistant Attorney General, with whom Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General at the time the brief was filed, and Loren L. AliKhan , Deputy Solicitor General at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellant the District of Columbia.

Sharon A. Singh for appellants J.B.S. and V.S.S.

Mark R. Thomson , with whom Thomas A. Lorenzen , Washington, DC, and Robert B. Kornweiss , New York, NY, were on the brief, for appellee R.H.

Kwame Willingham for appellee S.C.

Jerelyn F. Gladden , Hyattsville, MD, filed a Statement in Lieu of Brief for appellee T.C.

Carmen McLean , Alisha Crovetto , Washington, DC, and Ilana B. Gelfman , Boston, MA, were on the brief for amicus curiae Children's Law Center.

Stephanie Troyer , Meridel Bulle-Vu , Jonathan H. Levy , and David Carpman were on the brief for amicus curiae The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.

Concurring opinion by Associate Judge Easterly at page 148.