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IN RE SHIRLEY B.

No. 61, September Term, 2010.

18 A.3d 40 (2011)

419 Md. 1

In re SHIRLEY B., Jordan B., Davon B., and Cedric B.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 25, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew H. Fogelson, Asst. Public Defender (Paul B. DeWolfe, Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioners.

Ann M. Sheridan, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief for respondents.

Shondriette D. Kelley (Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Riverdale, MD), on brief, for respondents.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS, BARBERA, JJ.

ADKINS, J.

This tragic case once again requires us to balance a parent's rights to raise her children against the State's interest in protecting those children from neglect or abuse. Two factors make this case uncommonly hard — (1) the lack of progress towards parent-child reunification despite significant efforts by the Department of Social Services combined with cooperation from the parent, and (2) the apparent impact of our governmental financial...

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