CINA — Request for postponement — Judicial discretion Z.J., the minor child of S.J. (“Mother”) and R.J. (“Father”), was found, by the Circuit Court for Cecil County, sitting as the juvenile court, not to be a Child in Need of ...

CINA — Parental rights — Collateral estoppel On January 9, 2019, three-month-old I.Q. (“I”) was hospitalized with serious injuries caused by abuse and neglect. These injuries, which remain unexplained, left I blind permanently and at risk for developmental delays. Read ...

CINA — Non-relative guardianship — Permanency plan In these consolidated appeals from orders concerning two children in need of assistance (“CINA”), their mother, appellant C.C. (“Mother”), contends that the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, sitting as a juvenile court, erred ...

CINA — Parental rights — Judicial discretion The Circuit Court for Baltimore County, sitting as a juvenile court, terminated the parental rights of Ms. J. (“Mother”) and Mr. L. (“Father”) as to their two minor children, E.L. and E.E.L. Read ...

CINA — Reasonable efforts to reunification — Permanency plan The Circuit Court for Baltimore County, sitting as a juvenile court, adjudicated L.R., M.B., and K.B. (“the children”) in need of assistance (“CINA”) after ten-year-old L.R. suffered severe burns at home ...

CINA — Parental rights — Foster parents guardianship In this child in need of assistance1 (“CINA”) case, appellant Am.P. (“Mother”), challenges the judgment of the Circuit Court for Cecil County, sitting as a juvenile court, granting custody and guardianship of ...

CINA — Parental rights — Judicial discretion Appellant Jy.W. (“Mother”) appeals an order entered by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, sitting as a juvenile court, which granted the petition of the Baltimore County Department of Social Services (the “Department”) ...

CINA — Guardianship — Abuse of discretion This is the second time that this case has come before us. Ms. S., appellant (“Mother”), had primary legal and physical custody of her three children: L.M. and his two half-siblings. In December ...

CINA — Medical neglect — Timeliness After adjudication and disposition hearings, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, sitting as juvenile court, declared D.H. a Child In Need of Assistance (“CINA”). Read the opinion

CINA — Parental rights — Request for postponement This case arises from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court for Howard County, sitting as the juvenile court, in which the court terminated the parental rights of S.W. (“Mother”) and J.N. ...