Adoption/Guardianship — Termination of parental rights — Unwilling to forge bond with children On October 19, 2016, following two days of testimony, the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, sitting as a juvenile court, entered a written opinion and order granting ...

CINA — Termination of parental rights — Mental illness T.M., appellant, appeals the August 10, 2016, order issued by the Circuit Court for Washington County terminating her parental rights (TPR) to her daughter, A.D., and her son, T.N. Ms. M. ...

Guardianship/adoption — Termination of parental rights — Evidence of potential relative resource Appellant, Ronald F. (“Father”), challenges a judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, sitting as a juvenile court, terminating his parental rights with respect to his daughter, ...

Guardianship/Adoption — Termination of parental rights — Sufficiency of evidence Appellants, Ericka W. (“Mother”) and Dewane W. (“Father”) jointly appeal an order of the Circuit Court for Somerset County granting the Somerset Department of Social Services’s (“SDSS’s”) Petitions for Guardianship ...

Guardianship — Service of notice on parent — Fraud and irregularity Jeremy D., appellant, is the father of the minor child, J.D. Both of J.D.’s parents were living in drug treatment programs when he was born. J.D. has lived with ...

Termination of parental rights — Expert opinions — Hearsay The Baltimore City Department of Social Services petitioned the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to terminate the parental rights of M.S.’s natural parents. At a hearing, the Department offered documents that ...

CINA — Termination of parental rights — Failure to expressly determine unfitness or exceptional circumstances On June 8, 2016, the Circuit Court for Garrett County, sitting as a juvenile court, issued an opinion and order terminating the parental rights of ...

Adoption/Guardianship — Termination of parental rights — Inability to care for child in safe and appropriate manner The Circuit Court for Washington County, sitting as a juvenile court, granted the petition of the Washington Department of Social Services (“the Department”) ...

Termination of parental rights — Due process — Fair and impartial trial The Circuit Court for Baltimore City, sitting as a juvenile court, granted the petition filed by appellee, Baltimore City Department of Social Services (“the Department”), to terminate the ...

Guardianship — Termination of parental rights — Exceptional circumstances Petitions for Guardianship with the Right to Consent to Adoption or Long-Term Care Short of Adoption and termination of parental rights (“TPR”) proceedings, seeking to terminate appellants’ parental rights of their ...