Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary
CINA — Change in permanency plan — From reunification to adoption
In July 2019, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, sitting as a juvenile court, found five children to be children in need of assistance (“CINA”), after appellant, Ms. B (“Mother”) gave birth to one of the children who then tested positive for phencyclidine (“PCP”). Following several permanency plan review hearings, upon the request from appellee, the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, (“the Department”), the circuit court changed the permanency plan from reunification with Mother, to adoption. Mother appeals the circuit court’s order …
