In Re Foley

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the Circuit Court’s interlocutory order for a medical examination, under the circumstances here involved, is appealable under the collateral order doctrine. The Court of Special Appeals held that the order was appealable. We disagree.

Sophia E. Foley, a sixty-two year old woman, resides in Annapolis, Maryland, with her husband and seventeen-year-old daughter. In 1988, Sophia’s husband, Michael Foley, began noticing that Sophia suffered from lapses in memory and confusion. Sophia’s memory loss became progressively worse, and, in 1992, one of her…