IN RE ADOPTION NO. 93321055

No. 25, Sept. Term, 1996.

687 A.2d 681 (1997)

344 Md. 458

In re ADOPTION/GUARDIANSHIP No. 93321055/CAD in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna R. Heller, Assistant Attorney General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

Michael R. Braudes, Assistant Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, RAKER and WILNER, JJ.


WILNER, Judge.

We have before us five cases in which the State sought guardianship of a child pursuant to Maryland Code (1984, 1991 Repl.Vol.), § 5-313 of the Family Law article. A judgment of guardianship under that section terminates the parental rights of the parents of the child and permits the State, through its Department of Social Services (DSS), to consent to the subsequent adoption or other long-term placement...

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