IN RE ADOPTION OF K'AMORA K.

No. 2213, September Term, 2013.

97 A.3d 169 (2014)

218 Md. App. 287

In re ADOPTION/Guardianship OF K'AMORA K.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

August 1, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Eleanor Montgomery (Children's Legal Services of Baltimore, Brooklyn Park, MD), Leslie K. Ridgway ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen., Baltimore, MD), on the briefs, for Appellee.

Panel: WOODWARD, NAZARIAN, and REED, JJ.


NAZARIAN, J.

The Circuit Court for Baltimore City terminated Keisha K.'s ("Mother") parental rights vis-à-vis her daughter, K'Amora, via a rarely used analytical path: the court found by clear and convincing evidence that "exceptional circumstances" justified the termination of Mother's parental rights and that termination served K'Amora's best interests, without deciding whether or not Mother was unfit to serve as her parent. After a hearing (the "TPR Hearing...

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