GREEN v. SOLLENBERGER

No. 102, September Term, 1994.

338 Md. 118 (1995)

DOROTHY MAE GREEN v. MEG SOLLENBERGER.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith S. Stainbrook, Westminster, for petitioner.

Catherine M. Shultz (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Wendy J. Greenberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., all on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL, and RAKER, JJ., and JOHN F. McAULIFFE (Retired), Specially Assigned.


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

The principal issue before us in this case is whether Maryland's adoption law allows a natural parent to adopt her own legitimate children. If such an adoption, although not authorized by law, was nevertheless the subject of a final decree, we must also decide whether its legitimacy can properly be challenged in light of Maryland Code (1984, 1991 Repl.Vol.) § 5-325 of the Family Law Article, which provides that "[a] court may not receive...

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