IN RE: R.S.

No. 58, Sept. Term, 2019.

235 A.3d 914 (2020)

470 Md. 380

IN RE: R.S.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Janet Hartge , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Deborah A. Ullmann (Pocomoke City, MD), on brief, for Respondents.

Joan F. Little, Esquire (Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.), Amicus Curiae Maryland Legal Aid in Support of Petitioner.

Scott M. Swafford, Esquire (Swafford Law, LLC), Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf of National Association of Counsel For Children.

Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Biran, JJ.


In February 2018, the Circuit Court for Worcester County, sitting as a juvenile court, found, after a hearing, that R.S.1 was a child in need of assistance ("CINA").2 The juvenile court awarded joint custody of R.S. to the non-custodial, biological father and paternal grandparents...

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