IN RE ADOPTION/GUARDIANSHIP NOS. T00130003 AND T00130004

No. 128, Sept. Term, 2001.

805 A.2d 254 (2002)

370 Md. 250

In re ADOPTION/GUARDIANSHIP NOS. T00130003 and T00130004 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.J. Messerschmidt, Assistant Attorney General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, on brief) Baltimore, for petitioners.

Joan F. Little (Rachel A. Markowitz, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., on brief) Baltimore, for respondents.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.


WILNER, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City that granted to the Baltimore City Department of Social Services (DSS) guardianship, with the right to consent to the adoption or long-term care, of 11-year-old Latisha W. and five-year-old Dontae W. That order served to terminate the parental rights of the children's mother, Carol W., with respect to the children. The only person who objected to the petition for guardianship...

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