Carroll County Department of Social Services v. Edelmann

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that, pursuant to F.L. § 12-103(b), the court is required “to consider the financial status of the parties, the needs of the parties, and whether there was substantial justification for bringing or defending the proceeding” when awarding counsel fees
• a court has no authority to terminate a parental relationship other than through a decree of adoption or guardianship
• a court has no authority to terminate a parental relationship other than through a decree of adoption or guardianship
• a court has no authority to terminate a parental relationship other than through a decree of adoption or guardianship
• a court has no authority to terminate a parental relationship other than through a decree of adoption or guardianship
• “[A] circuit court has no authority to terminate a parental relationship other than through a decree of adoption or guardianship!

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).