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MASON v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 44, Sept. Term, 2002.

826 A.2d 433 (2003)

375 Md. 504

Shelley MASON v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 16, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Morris, Jr., Baltimore, for petitioner.

Edmund J. O'Meally (Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz, P.A., on brief), Towson, for respondents.

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

RAKER, J.

We granted certiorari to consider the issue of when, for purposes of § 5-201 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article,1 a minor become an adult—the day before the minor's eighteenth birthday or on the day of the birthday? We shall hold, consistent with the common law rule (the coming of age rule) for computing a person's age, the day that the person was born is included...

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