Case Title: Romero v. Perez

Citation: 

Docket Number: 27pc/18

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2018-12-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
Circuit Court for Baltimore City  
Case No. 24-D-15-002928 
 
Argued: Friday, November 30, 2018 
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 
 
                  No. 27 
 
 
September Term, 2018 
 
 
 
          
CELSO MONTERROSO ROMERO 
 
                   v. 
 
             JOSEFA PEREZ 
       
     
 
 
 
Barbera, C.J.  
Greene 
McDonald 
Watts 
Hotten 
Getty 
Adkins, Sally D., 
     (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) 
 
 JJ. 
 
 
 
      Per Curiam Order 
  
 
 
 
Filed: December 7, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal  
Materials Act   
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document " authentic.   
  
 
  
  
Suzanne C. Johnson, Acting Clerk  
2018-12-07 13:01-05:00
CELSO MONTERROSO ROMERO  
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IN THE 
 
 
 
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COURT OF APPEALS 
 
         v. 
 
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OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
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No. 27 
 
JOSEFA PEREZ 
 
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September Term, 2018 
 
 
PER CURIAM ORDER 
 
 
For 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, 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. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Chief Judge