PARENTAL
DEFENSE
Hayley Lichterman, Deputy Chief
Lisa Cox, Statewide Office Administrator
Baltimore City
300 North Gay Street - 2nd floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 443.263.8963
Fax: 443.263.8952
Intake/Qualifications Team: 443.332.2444
Anne Arundel and Howard Counties
Jonathan Gladstone, Asst. Public Defender
1700 Margaret Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Phone: 410.295.8800
Fax: 410.974.2903
Intake/Qualifications Team: 410.368.0418
Allegany & Garrett Counties
Jennifer Lester, Asst. Public Defender
30 N. Mechanic Street
Cumberland, Maryland 21502
Phone: 301.777.2142
Fax: 301.777.2032
Baltimore County
Taua Blockson, Supervisor
200 Washington Avenue
Towson, Maryland 21204
Phone: 410.324.8900
Fax: 410.769.7882
Intake/Qualifications Team: 443.332.2444
Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot & Caroline Counties
170 E. Main Street
Elkton, MD 21921
Phone: 410.996.2851
Fax: 410.996.2860
Intake/Qualifications Team: 443.376.6158
Harford County
217 E. Redwood Street, 9th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
Intake/Qualifications Team: 443.376.6153
Montgomery, Carroll, Frederick & Washington Counties
191 East Jefferson Street - 3rd Fl.
Rockville, MD 20850
Intake/Qualifications Team: 443.376.6152
Prince George’s, Calvert, Charles & St. Mary's Counties
14753 Main Street
Upper Marlboro, MD 20227
Phone: 301.627.3300 ext. 103 or 105
Fax: 301.627.3320
Intake/Qualifications Team: 443.376.6134
Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico & Worcester Counties
Michael Krautner, Asst. Public Defender
101 W. Green Street
Snow Hill, MD 21863
Phone: 410-632-2594 ext. 321
Fax: 410-632-0943
Intake/Qualifications Team: 443.376.6153
WHO WE ARE
Our team of attorneys, social workers, parent advocates, paralegals, and Core Staff form defense teams to represent parents or legal guardians when the local Department of Social Services (DSS), through their Child Protective Services Unit (CPS), institutes court proceedings alleging abuse or neglect of a child The Office of the Public Defender’s Parental Defense Division provides legal representation through all of the stages of the child welfare case.
These stages may include:
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Emergency Shelter Care Hearing
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Adjudication Hearing
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Disposition Hearing
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Review of Placement Hearing
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Permanency Planning Hearing
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Court Ordered Mediation
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Termination of Parental Rights
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Guardianship Review Hearing
If your child has been or is about to be removed from your home, please contact the Parental Defense Division in the county of your residence for more assistance (office locations and numbers listed to the left).
To apply for a lawyer for Child-in-Need of Assistance (CINA) or Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) cases
Click here to fill out online application
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