IN RE TATIANNA B.

No. 36, September Term, 2010.

9 A.3d 502 (2010)

417 Md. 259

In re ADOPTION/Guardianship OF TATIANNA B.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tamara D. Sanders , Asst. Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for appellant.

Ann M. Sheridan , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.


BATTAGLIA, J.

The present case involves a termination of parental rights for unfitness, based upon the juvenile judge's determination that the mother, Hyacinth M., "pose[d] an unacceptable risk to ... [the] future safety" of her three-year-old daughter, Tatianna B. During the course of the proceedings, the judge permitted a licensed clinical social worker, Dianna McFarlane, who concededly, by both Ms. M.'s counsel and the State, was qualified to testify as an expert...

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