IN RE JESSICA M.

No. 1329, September Term, 1986.

72 Md. App. 7 (1987)

527 A.2d 766

IN RE JESSICA M. AND JOSEPH M.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Granted October 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy S. Forster, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Sherry L. Kendall, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief) Baltimore, for appellee, Dept. of Social Services.

Lee D. Hoshall (Susan P. Leviton, Richard L. North, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellees, Jessica M. and Joseph M.

A. McIntyre Ehrlich, Bethesda, on the brief, for appellees, Foster Parents.

Argued before ALPERT, BLOOM and POLLITT, JJ.


ALPERT, Judge.

In this case, the mother of two children determined to be in need of assistance appeals an award of custody to foster parents who intend to leave America for three years.

In July, 1984, police officers in Baltimore City found three children alone and unsupervised. The children included Joseph M., about three months old, and Jessica M., about eighteen months old. They were placed in emergency shelter care. On October 3, 1984, the Baltimore City...

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