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In re Marcello K

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Aug 22, 2002
805 A.2d 254 (Md. 2002)

Opinion

Nos. 94, 96, September Term, 2001.

Filed: August 22, 2002.

Certiorari to the Court of Special Appeals (Sixth District Court of Maryland, Montgomery County, Sitting as Juvenile Court); Joanne T. Wills and Andrew L. Sonner, Judges.

Mary J. Pizzo, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioners.

C.J. Messerscmidt, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for respondents.

Deborah Thompson Eisenberg, Debra Gardner, Public Justice Center, Baltimore, brief of amicus curiae, the Public Justice Center for appellant.

Argued before Bell, C.J., and Eldridge, Raker, Wilner, Cathell, Harrell, and Battaglia, JJ.


ORDER


WHEREAS, by letter dated June 19, 2002, this Court was notified by the Office of the Attorney General of changes in the circumstances of Marcello K. which render moot the cases involving him, it is therefore, this 22nd day of August, 2002,

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals is hereby vacated, and the cases are remanded to that court with directions to dismiss the appeals involving Marcello K. on the ground of mootness.

ORDER


WHEREAS, by letter dated June 19, 2002, this Court was notified by the Office of the Attorney General of changes in the circumstances of Keshya K., a child involved in these cases, and

WHEREAS, the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services and counsel for Keshya K. filed in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County a Joint Motion to Vacate Guardianship, and

WHEREAS, on June 14, 2002, the Circuit Court held a hearing and denied the motion in part because the case was pending before the Court of Appeals, it is therefore, this 22nd day of August, 2002,

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals is hereby vacated, and the cases are remanded to that court with directions to remand the cases involving Keshya K., pursuant to Maryland Rule 8-604(d), without affirmance or reversal, to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County for further proceedings.


Summaries of

In re Marcello K

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Aug 22, 2002
805 A.2d 254 (Md. 2002)
Case details for

In re Marcello K

Case Details

Full title:IN RE MARCELLO K. AND IN RE ADOPTION/GUARDIANSHIP. IN RE KESHYA K. AND IN…

Court:Court of Appeals of Maryland

Date published: Aug 22, 2002

Citations

805 A.2d 254 (Md. 2002)
805 A.2d 254