In re K.D.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining, in dicta, that “[i]n the interest of fairness, it may be advisable for the trial court to allow each side in a contested adoption ... due opportunity to establish an adequate basis for its petition.”
• relying on one-sided bonding study where preferred caregiver lived across the country and was completely unfamiliar to the child because “the process of establishing [a bond] would necessarily uproot the child once more,” after having moved three times in four years

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Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re: Petition of S.L.G. & S.E.G. D.A.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2015-03-05· cited 26×
• Frederick Renee Ruffin v. Antoine Maurice Roberts
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2014-04-24· cited 3×
• IN RE: M.V.H. M.V.H., & IN RE M.V.H. L.H., & IN RE L.F.G. L.H.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2016-07-21· cited 3×
• In re Ta.L.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2013-08-22· cited 3×
• In re D.M. T.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2014-03-13· cited 2×
• In Re Kd
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2011-08-25

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In re A.B.E.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-09-29· cited 53×
• S.S. v. D.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-09-30· cited 53×
• In re L.L.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-02-09· cited 53×
• In re T.J.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-09-21· cited 48×
• In re C.T.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1999-02-11· cited 23×
• In Re An. C.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1998-12-30· cited 20×
• In re W.E.T.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2002-03-14· cited 16×
• In re T.W.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2009-02-05· cited 15×
• In re A.T.A.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-11-09· cited 11×
• In re C.A.B.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2010-09-23· cited 11×
• In re B.J.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2007-02-15· cited 8×
• In re M.L.P.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2007-11-29· cited 8×
• In re Petition of T.W.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2011-04-28· cited 8×
• In Re Ja. J.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2002-12-31· cited 7×
• In re W.D.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2010-01-28· cited 7×
• In re R.E.S.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2011-05-19· cited 6×