Legal Opinion
In Re Blessen H.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 11, 2006No. 71, September Term, 2005PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBattaglia, J.
This case arises out of an adjudicatory1 and disposition hearing2 held in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, sitting as a juvenile court, during which Blessen H. was declared a child in need of assistance (“CINA”)3 pursuant to a *686stipulated set of facts to which counsel for Blessen H.’s mother, Tynetta H. (“Ms. H.”), had consented. Thereafter, Ms. H. filed a petition for writ of certiorari in this Court to consider the following question:
Whether in a CINA proceeding, the right to a contested adjudicatory hearing may be waived only by the parent’s personal,4 knowing, intelligent and…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Koshko v. HainingCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2007
- Wilson v. Division of Family ServicesSupreme Court of Delaware · 2010
- In re Kaela C.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
- In Re Kaela C.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
- Taylor v. MandelCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2007
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