In Re Arlene G.

Involved in this appeal is the present and future welfare of three sisters, Arlene G., Rhonda G., and Teresa G., now seven, five, and four years of age respectively. Some four years ago, in proceedings in the District Court of Maryland, Sixth District, Juvenile Division (the Juvenile Court), Arlene and Rhonda were determined to be children in need of assistance. They were put under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court and committed to the Montgomery County Department of Social Services (the Agency) to be placed in the home of the children’s paternal aunt and uncle, who were generally known…