Legal Opinion
In Re Jertrude O.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 17, 1983No. 1908, September Term, 1982PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOWE, Judge.
A “[c]hild in need of assistance” is one who is not receiving ordinary and proper care and attention and whose parents are unwilling or unable to so provide the child and his problems. Md.Cts. & Jud.Proc.Code Ann. § 3-801(e). Although the statute provides the measure by which a judge must determine whether a child is receiving such care and attention, Cts. & Jud.Proc. § 3-819(d), 1 the juvenile causes subtitle does not suggest what is proper or what is ordinary. Presumably, the judge is expected to make that determination evidentially and empirically.
A judge in the Juvenile…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by14 opinions
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