IN RE: ADOPTION/G'SHIP OF C.E.

No. 77, Sept. Term, 2017.

191 A.3d 404 (2018)

460 Md. 518

IN RE: ADOPTION/GUARDIANSHIP OF C.E.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Joan F. Little (Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Baltimore, MD) and Janet Hartge, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Brian E. Frosh, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on briefs, for Appellants.

Argued by Karl-Henri Gauvin (The Gauvin Law Firm, Baltimore, MD) and Jeffrey M. Dier, Panel Attorney (Paul B. DeWolfe, Public Defender of Maryland, Lutherville, MD), on briefs, for Appellees.

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


We consider here whether allowing a child to remain indefinitely in the custody of a third party, without terminating the parental rights of both parents, constitutes a proper exercise of judicial discretion consistent with the relevant provisions of the Family Law Article. As will be explained, the law allows for such discretionary exercise...

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