Opinion ID: 4415700
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: i., appellant.

Text: Appeal from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (NEG-290-15) (Hon. Julie Breslow, Magistrate Judge) (Hon. Yvonne Williams, Associate Judge) (Argued May 15, 2018 Decided July 11, 2019) Adriane R. Marblestein-Deare for appellant. Rhondalyn Primes Okoroma, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Karl A. Racine, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Loren L. AliKhan, Solicitor General, and Stacy L. Anderson, Acting Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia. Lauren B. Schwartz, guardian ad litem, was on the brief in support of appellee. Karen E. Dunkley for the father, S.M., filed a statement in lieu of brief. Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Chief Judge, EASTERLY, Associate Judge, and WASHINGTON, Senior Judge. BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Chief Judge: Before us is appellant I.I.’s interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s decision to change the permanency goal from reunification 2 to adoption of the minor child, A.I. On appeal, the birth mother I.I. challenges the trial court’s determination that the criteria for a permanency goal change were satisfied. In re Ta.L., 149 A.3d 1060 (D.C. 2016) (en banc). We affirm.