IN RE: ADOPTION/GUARDIANSHIP OF H.W.

No. 70 September Term, 2017.

189 A.3d 284 (2018)

460 Md. 201

IN RE: ADOPTION/GUARDIANSHIP OF H.W.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 16, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Ann M. Sheridan, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Brian E. Frosh, Atty. Gen. of Maryland of Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Kristen Fon L. Lim, Staff Atty. (Franklin Law Group of Catonsville, MD) and Kiran Iyer, Asst. Public Defender (Paul B. DeWolfe, Public Defender of Maryland of Baltimore, MD), on briefs, for Respondents.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J., Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.


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