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IN RE ADOPTION OF JAYDEN G.

No. 84, September Term, 2012.

70 A.3d 276 (2013)

433 Md. 50

In re ADOPTION/Guardianship OF JAYDEN G.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 16, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nenutzka C. Villamar, Assistant Public Defender (Paul B. DeWolfe, Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Cherie J. Jones (The Legal Aid Bureau Inc., Riverdale, MD), on brief, for Respondents.

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

ADKINS, J.

There is a presumption in our parental rights' jurisprudence that a continuation of the parental relationship is in a child's best interests. Yet, again, in this case, the child and the parent pursue antagonistic goals. The mother argues her parental rights should not have been terminated, while the child seeks adoption by his foster parents, with whom he has lived three quarters of his life.

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