W.H. v. D.W.

No. 11-FM-1334.

78 A.3d 327 (2013)

W.H., Appellant, v. D.W., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Troy , for appellant.

Anna Myles-Primakoff , with whom Melissa Colangelo was on the brief, for appellees.

Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY and EASTERLY, Associate Judges, and REID, Senior Judge.


REID, Senior Judge:

This case involves a justiciability question, that is, whether appellees, D.W. and J.W., have standing under a District of Columbia statute that authorizes custody by persons other than a natural or biological parent. The case also raises an issue concerning the presumption that a natural or biological parent, here appellant W.H. III ("W.H."), has the right to custody of his children.

W.H. appeals from the order of the Family Court granting...

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