COFFEY v. DEP'T OF SOCIAL SERVICES

No. 471, September Term, 1978.

41 Md. App. 340 (1979)

397 A.2d 233

MARY M. COFFEY v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF BALTIMORE CITY ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Pecora, with whom were Lawrence B. Coshnear, John Greene, Elizabeth S. Baker and John Eidleman on the brief, for appellant.

Amicus curiae brief filed by Maryland Social Services Administration, Francis Bill Burch, Attorney General, Joel J. Rabin and Margaret E. Rawle, Assistant Attorneys General, on the brief.

Bernard A. Greenberg, Assistant City Solicitor for Baltimore City, with whom were Benjamin L. Brown, City Solicitor, William Hughes, Associate City Solicitor, and William R. Phelan, Jr., Assistant City Solicitor, on the brief, for appellee Department of Social Services of Baltimore City. J. Barry Meinster for other appellee.

The cause was argued before LISS, WILNER and MacDANIEL, JJ.


LISS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

It has been said, "This world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel."1 The feelings of the protagonists in this controversy are ample proof of the truth of that observation.

This case arose out of a petition filed in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City by the Department of Social Services of Baltimore City, one of the appellees, by which it sought the guardianship...

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