Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

CINA — No-contact order — Best interests of children The Baltimore County Department of Social Services (the “Department”) filed, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, petitions on behalf of five children, alleging that they were children in need of ...

CINA — Change in permanency plan — Adoption by non-relative This appeal arises from an order of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, sitting as a juvenile court, modifying the permanency plan for respondent child V.S. in a CINA ...

Child custody — Special Immigrant Juvenile status — Neglect In making findings on appellant/guardian’s effort to obtain Special Immigrant Juvenile (“SIJ”) status for a minor, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County concluded that it was not in the minor ...

CINA — Sufficiency of the evidence — Abuse or neglect The Circuit Court for Montgomery County, sitting as a juvenile court, determined that siblings T.S. and Z.S. each was a Child in Need of Assistance (“CINA”), 1 and committed both ...

CINA — Maternal grandmother — Failure to protect children from mother Following a disposition hearing in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, the circuit court, sitting as the juvenile court, declared J.N., F.N., and R.N. (collectively the “Children”) to ...

CINA — Department of Social Services — Supervised visitation These appeals arise out of orders of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, sitting as a Juvenile Court, in the child welfare cases of siblings C.W. and T.B. The juvenile court ...

CINA — Finding of not CINA — Appeal by child These appeals arise out of orders of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, sitting as a Juvenile Court, in the child welfare cases of siblings C.W. and T.B. The juvenile ...

CINA — Termination of parental rights — Lay opinion testimony Ms. S., appellant, appeals the order of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, sitting as a juvenile court, terminating her parental rights to her daughter, B.S. B.S.’s father, Mr. S., ...

CINA — Shelter care order — Immunizations This appeal challenges an order of shelter care for K.Y.-B. (the “Child”), who was placed into the custody and care of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services (the “Department”) on January 4, ...

CINA — Termination of parental rights — Admission of photo of child with foster family This appeal arises from an order by the Circuit Court for Frederick County, sitting as a juvenile court, that terminated appellant’s (“Mother”) parental rights to ...