SOCIAL SERVICES v. HAYWARD & DIXON

No. 131, Sept. Term, 2007.

45 A.3d 224 (2012)

426 Md. 638

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. Angela HAYWARD and William Dixon.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 23, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra Barnes , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioner.

Keith J. Zimmerman (Kahn, Smith & Collins, P.A., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondents.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), IRMA S. RAKER (Retired, Specially Assigned), and DALE R. CATHELL (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


BELL, C.J.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether an individual accused of, but not found responsible for, child abuse or neglect has a right to appeal1 when a local department's investigation of the accusation results in a finding of "unsubstantiated." The Court of Special Appeals answered this question in the affirmative, Hayward v. Dep't of Human Res., 177 Md.App. 402,

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