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WINTER v. DIRECTOR

[No. 297, September Term, 1957.]

217 Md. 391 (1958)

143 A.2d 81

WINTER v. DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF BALTIMORE CITY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 19, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Winter, in proper person, on brief for himself as appellant.

Thomas N. Biddison, City Solicitor of Baltimore, Hugo A. Ricciuti, Deputy City Solicitor, and Blanche G. Wahl, Assistant City Solicitor, for appellee.

Decided June 19, 1958. Certiorari denied, 358 U.S. 912.

PRESCOTT, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The only question involved in this appeal is whether Section 72 of Article 16 of the Code (1957) violates the provisions of the federal constitution. It reads, in part, as follows:

"A petition for adoption, as hereinafter described, may be preceded by a petition for guardianship with the right to consent to adoption, and such guardianship decree...

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