SCHEDULE OF ORAL ARGUMENTS
September Term, 2025
Thursday, June 4, 2026:
Bar Admissions
JD No. 1 In the Matter of the Honorable Marc Knapp, Judge of the Orphans' Court for Anne Arundel County
Justice McDonald will sit in place of Chief Justice Fader.
Justice Harrell will sit in place of Justice Killough.
Judicial disabilities matter.
Attorney for Petitioner: Kendra R. Jolivet
Attorney for Respondent: William C. Brennan, Jr.
No. 59 In Re: D.E.
Issues – Courts & Judicial Proceedings – 1) Under the jurisdictional provision of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act, § 3-8A-03(a) of the Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article (excluding twelve-year-old children except in certain circumstances), is the juvenile court divested of jurisdiction where the State fails to sustain the enumerated offense that established the basis for jurisdiction? 2) Because twelve-year-old children who are “alleged to have committed” a misdemeanor alone cannot be brought within the juvenile court’s jurisdiction, does a twelve-year-old’s delinquency finding on a misdemeanor violate equal protection?
Attorney for Petitioner: Stephanie Asplundh
Attorney for Respondent: Julia G. Rupert
No. 60 In Re: K.B.
Issue – Family Law – May a juvenile court exclude a child party from a CINA hearing only upon individualized, evidence-based findings of good cause, and not based on generalized, age-related assumptions, where the child’s presence is presumed, the child wishes to attend, and counsel deems the child’s participation necessary?
Attorney for Petitioner: Erica I. LeMon
Attorney for Respondent: Janet Hartge
After June 4, 2026, the Court will recess until September 4, 2026.
On the day of argument, counsel must register in the Clerk’s Office no later than 8:30 a.m. unless otherwise notified.
GREGORY HILTON
CLERK