In re: S.F.

In Re: S.F., No. 10, September Term, 2021. Opinion by Hotten, J. CIVIL PROCEDURE – APPEALS – MOOTNESS A case is moot when “at the time it is before the court, there is no longer an existing controversy between the parties, so that there is no longer any effective remedy which the court can provide.’” Bd. of Physician Quality Assurance v. Levitsky, 353 Md. 188, 200,

725 A.2d 1027, 1033

(1999) (citations omitted). This Court has discretion “to express [its] views on the merits of a moot case . . . in instances where[] the urgency of establishing a rule of future conduct in matters of important…