Ott v. Frederick County Department of Social Services

694 A.2d 101 (1997)

345 Md. 682

Thomas E. OTT, III

v.

FREDERICK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

No. 47 Sept. Term, 1996.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 22, 1997.

Julia Doyle Bernhardt, Assistant Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

Angela M. Eaves, Assistant Attorney General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, on brief), Baltimore, for Respondent.

Argued Before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, RAKER and WILNER, JJ.

BELL, Chief Judge.

The petitioner, Thomas E. Ott, III, was found in civil contempt of court, by the…