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IN RE: ADOPTION NOS. 11387 AND 11388

No. 56, Sept. Term, 1998.

731 A.2d 972 (1999)

354 Md. 574

In re ADOPTION/GUARDIANSHIP NOS. 11387 AND 11388 in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gina M. Serra, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief) of Baltimore, for petitioner.

C.J. Messerschmidt, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, on brief) of Baltimore, for respondent.

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

RAKER, Judge.

The issue we must decide in this case is whether a natural parent whose parental rights were terminated as a result of her failure to respond to a petition for guardianship is entitled to present evidence in a status hearing conducted pursuant to Maryland Code § 5-319 of the Family Law Article. We shall hold that a natural parent, who has not waived the right to notice of the status of his or her child(ren) provided by § 5-319(b) and who attends...

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