Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary
CINA: In camera interview: Unrecorded interview inadmissible
CSA No. 2101, September Term, 2012. Unreported. Opinion by Matricciani, J. Filed May 17, 2013. 10 pages. Appeal from Cecil County Circuit Court. Judgment vacated.
The trial court erred when it overruled the parents’ objections to an unrecorded in camera interview of a child in need of assistance, as the failure to record a juvenile’s in camera interview is a structural error that irreversibly taints the judicial process.
