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IN RE ADOPTION OF VICTOR A.

No. 72, September Term, 2004.

872 A.2d 662 (2005)

386 Md. 288

In re ADOPTION/GUARDIANSHIP OF VICTOR A.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 12, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.J. Messerschmidt, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Melanie Klein, Sr. Atty., Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., for petitioner.

Claudia A. Cortese, Asst. Public Defender (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, on brief), for respondent.

Carolyn Johnson, Baltimore, amici curiae.

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

BATTAGLIA, J.

In this case, the Prince George's Department of Social Services petitioned for guardianship of Victor A., a child with severe disabilities. The trial court granted the petition and terminated the parental rights of Victor A.'s parents, Mr. A. and Ms. A. We have been asked to consider whether the Court of Special Appeals, in its remand, applied a different standard to determine the best interests of children with special needs, than is applied to children...

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