Court of Special Appeals of Maryland February 28, 2005, 178, September Term, 2004 (Howard County Department of Social Services v. Linda J.)

KRAUSER, J.

Linda J.,

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appellee, was charged with two counts of second degree assault for striking her eight-year-old foster daughter with a belt, causing welts to form on her forearm and thigh. Following an investigation of this incident, the Howard County Department of Social Services, appellant, found Linda J. “responsible” for “indicated child abuse.” That meant that Ms. J.