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HORRIDGE v. ST. MARY'S CTY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES

No. 80, Sept. Term, 2003.

854 A.2d 1232 (2004)

382 Md. 170

Eric HORRIDGE, et al. v. ST. MARY'S COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 28, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Mercer (Sandler & Mercer, P.C., Rockville), on brief, for Appellants.

Joshua N. Auerbach, Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Baltimore, Brief of Amici Curiae Public Justice Center and Advocates for Children and Youth.

Shelly E. Mintz, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. and Elise Song Kurlander, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore), on brief, for Appellees.

Argued Before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, JJ.

WILNER, Judge.

Maryland law requires any person having reason to believe that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect to make a fairly detailed report to either the local department of social services (DSS), which is a unit of the State Department of Human Resources and therefore a State agency, or an appropriate law enforcement agency. The law requires DSS, promptly after receiving such a report, to make a "thorough investigation" in order to protect the health...

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