FREED v. WORCESTER COUNTY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVS.

No. 370, September Term, 1986.

69 Md. App. 447 (1986)

518 A.2d 159

RICHARD B. FREED, ET UX. v. WORCESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Denied March 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter P. Drake, Ocean City, for appellants.

Mark J. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellees.

Submitted before GILBERT, C.J., and ROSALYN B. BELL and POLLITT, JJ.


GILBERT, Chief Judge.

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