IN RE O.P.

No. 26 Sept. Term, 2019.

235 A.3d 40 (2020)

470 Md. 225

IN RE: O.P.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Ann M. Sheridan , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Julia Doyle Bernhardt , Asst. Atty. Gen. and Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) for Petitioners/Cross-Respondents.

Argued by Margaret F. Holmes (Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Annapolis, MD), on briefs, for Petitioners/Cross-Respondents.

Argued by Nenutzka Villamar , Assistant Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) for Respondent/Cross-Petitioners.

Argued by Jonathan Gladstone , Assistant Public Defender (Annapolis, MD), on briefs, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioners.

Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Glenn T. Harrell, Jr. (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


Under State law, a local department of social services that has reason to believe that a child is a victim of abuse or neglect may initiate an action in a juvenile court to have the child declared a "child in need of assistance" — commonly known by the acronym "CINA." If the juvenile court ultimately finds that the child is a...

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