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IN RE JOHANNA F.

[No. 110, September Term, 1978.]

284 Md. 643 (1979)

399 A.2d 245

IN RE: JOHANNA F.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with whom were Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, and Barbara Kirsch, Assistant Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Valerie A. Leonhart, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ.

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

The only issue for decision in this case, in which we ordered the issuance of a writ of certiorari to the Court of Special Appeals on our own motion before decision by that court, is whether the Circuit Court of Baltimore City in the exercise of its powers over juvenile causes (the court) had jurisdiction to order, on 26 July 1978, that Johanna F. be committed to the care and custody of the Secretary, Department of Health...

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