Romero v. Perez, 27, Sept. Term, 2018

Decision Date07 December 2018
Docket NumberNo. 27, Sept. Term, 2018,27, Sept. Term, 2018
Citation197 A.3d 1123 (Mem),462 Md. 60
Parties Celso Monterroso ROMERO v. Josefa PEREZ
CourtCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland

Argued by Lara Wilkinson (Law Office of Lara Wilkinson, Baltimore, MD), on brief for Petitioner.

Argued by Kelly A. Powers (Stephen J. Cullen and Leah M. Hauster, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued Before Barbera, C.J. Greene McDonald Watts Hotten Getty Sally D. Adkins, (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) JJ.

Per Curiam OrderFor reasons to be stated later in an opinion to be filed, it is this 7th day of December 2018,

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the April 4, 2018, judgment of the Court of Special Appeals, Romero v. Perez , 236 Md. App. 503, 182 A.3d 263 (2018), be reversed; and it is further

ORDERED, that this case be remanded to the Court of Special Appeals with the instruction that the October 7, 2016, order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Docket Entry No. 2001, be vacated and, further, that the case be remanded to the Circuit Court to enter forthwith an amended order that includes the requisite Special Immigrant Juvenile Status ("SIJS") finding that R.P.'s reunification with his mother is not viable due to the unrefuted evidence of neglect presented to the Circuit Court; and it is further

ORDERED, that, in satisfying this order, the Court of Special Appeals and the Circuit Court for Baltimore City shall be mindful of the imminent deadline of May 2, 2019, for timely submission of R.P.'s SIJS application and shall make all reasonable efforts to execute the Mandate of this Court as expeditiously as possible. All costs are waived. Mandate to issue forthwith.

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  • Romero v. Perez
    • United States
    • Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
    • April 1, 2019
    ...order and remand the case to that court to enter an amended order that includes the requisite SIJ status findings. Romero v. Perez , 462 Md. 60, 61, 197 A.3d 1123 (2018). Both courts have complied with the order, rendering Petitioner's son eligible, as of January 28, 2019, the date of the c......
  • Romero v. Perez
    • United States
    • Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
    • April 1, 2019
    ...order and remand the case to that court to enter an amended order that includes the requisite SIJ status findings. Romero v. Perez, 462 Md. 60, 61 (2018). Both courts have complied with the order, rendering Petitioner's son eligible, as of January 28, 2019, the date of the circuit court's a......
  • In re D. V. L.
    • United States
    • Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
    • August 30, 2019
    ...and remand to that court with instructions to enter an amended order with the requisite SIJ status findings. Id. at 187; see Romero, 462 Md. 60, 61 (2018). First, the Court of Appeals agreed with the Court of Special Appeals that the appropriate burden of proof in SIJ status cases is the pr......

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