IN RE J.J.

No. 14-FS-352.

111 A.3d 1038 (2015)

In re Petition of J.J.; T.R., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 26, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Colbert , Washington, DC, for appellant T.R.

Gary P. Jacobs filed a statement in lieu of a brief, for appellant J.B., supporting appellant T.R.

Anthony R. Davenport , for appellee J.J.

Dennis Eshman , Washington, DC, for appellee J.R.

Aisha Lewis , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Irvin B. Nathan , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, and Loren L. Alikahn , Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

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


This case involves a challenge to a court-ordered waiver of parental consent to the adoption of child J.R. by appellee-foster parent J.J., after a magistrate judge found that appellants, T.R. and J.B., the biological mother and father, had withheld their consent against the best interests of the child. T.R. contends...

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