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IN RE JOHN P.

No. 122, September Term, 1986.

311 Md. 700 (1988)

537 A.2d 263

IN RE JOHN P. AND THOMAS P.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 24, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose F. Anderson and George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defenders (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Clarence W. Sharp, Assigned Public Defender, Annapolis, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH, McAULIFFE and ADKINS, JJ.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

Maryland Rule 916 a provides that, in a juvenile proceeding, "[a]n order of the court may be modified or vacated if the court finds that action to be in the best interest of the child or the public...." This case presents the question of whether Rule 916 a authorizes a judge to reconsider an order dismissing a CINA case on the merits.1

On November 29, 1985, two petitions were filed in the Juvenile Division of the...

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