IN RE JESSICA M.

No. 118 September Term, 1987.

312 Md. 93 (1988)

538 A.2d 305

IN RE JESSICA M. AND JOSEPH M.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Susan P. Leviton, Baltimore, for appellees Jessica M. and Joseph M.

Mark J. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for Baltimore City Dept. of Social Services.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired), Specially Assigned.


CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge, (Retired), Specially Assigned.

This case could serve as the scenario for a Greek tragedy. The cast, however, is composed, not of actors playing their roles, but of real-life people, seriously affected by the events unfolding. The case is about a young mother, ravaged by drugs and suffering all the terrible consequences of her addiction, who realizes that she is unfit to rear her infant children. She is torn between the welfare of her children...

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