In Re Ryan S.

797 A.2d 39 (2002)

369 Md. 26

In re RYAN S.

No. 85, September Term, 2001.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 22, 2002.

Bradford C. Peabody, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Celia Anderson Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued Before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, and BATTAGLIA, JJ.

BATTAGLIA, Judge.

The questions with which we are presented in this case involve, once again, the juvenile court practice that existed in Montgomery County…