In Re Adoption/Guardianship Nos. 11387 & 11388

731 A.2d 972 (1999)

354 Md. 574

In re ADOPTION/GUARDIANSHIP NOS. 11387 AND 11388 in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.

No. 56, Sept. Term, 1998.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 29, 1999.

Gina M. Serra, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief) of Baltimore, for petitioner.

C.J. Messerschmidt, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, on brief) of Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, RAKER, WILNER and CATHELL, JJ.

RAKER, Judge.

The issue we must decide in this case is whether a natural parent whose…