Child custody — Non-consensual adoption — Termination of parental rights This is an adoption case. E.C. is the biological mother of N.C., a young boy. E.C.’s half-sister, R.M., and her husband, W.M. (“The Ms”), have served as N’s guardian since ...

CINA — Termination of parental rights — Sufficiency of the evidence N.A. (hereinafter “Child”) was born, prematurely, in Alexandria, Virginia on May 11, 2011. The Child’s parents are T.J. (hereinafter “Mother”) and appellant, K.A. (hereinafter “appellant” or “Father”). On May ...

CINA — Termination of Parental Rights — Unfitness and exceptional circumstances This case involves an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County (the “juvenile court”) terminating the parental rights of Mr. B. (the “father”) and Ms. B. (the “mother”) ...

Child custody — Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act — Juvenile-court jurisdiction Appellant, A.M., appeals from a Concurrent Plan of Unification and Custody and Guardianship to a Relative decreed by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County sitting as ...

CINA — Termination of parental rights — Motion for a new trial This appeal arises out of juvenile court proceedings that terminated the parental rights of M.K., I.K., and N.K.’s biological mother. Mother argues that the juvenile court erred in ...

CINA — Termination of parental rights — Deported parent On September 15, 2014, the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, sitting as the juvenile court, declared D.A. and C.A., children of A.C.-R., appellant (“Father”), each to be a Child in ...

CINA — Termination of parental rights — Admissibility of reports This appeal stems from the erroneous admission of hearsay evidence (Exhibit 91) during proceedings that terminated the rights of T.A.’s biological parents. Mother did not appeal. Father has brought this ...

CINA — Termination of parental rights — Exceptional circumstances The Baltimore City Department of Social Services petitioned the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, sitting as the juvenile court, to terminate the parental rights of H.W.’s biological father. The court found ...

Guardianship — Special Immigration Juvenile Status — Viability of reunification with parent Appellant, L.G.A. (“Mr. G.A.”) filed a petition for appointment of a guardian of the person of N.E.C.A. (“N.”), an immigrant child from El Salvador, in the Circuit Court ...

CINA — Termination of parental rights — Possibility of permanency without adoption This appeal arises from orders by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, sitting as a juvenile court, which terminated the parental rights of appellant D. H. (“Father”) and ...