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Court of Special Appeals Family Law, Child support enforcement: The trial court did not err in awarding attorney’s fees to the mother in a constructive civil contempt action against the father after the father willfully failed to comply with a ...

Court of Special Appeals Criminal Law, Lesser included offenses: Where an indictment charged the defendant with first-degree murder and other offenses but did not include a charge of assault in the first degree, the trial court erred in convicting the ...

Court of Appeals  Family Law, Termination of parental rights: In a termination of parental rights proceeding, it was not an abuse of discretion for the juvenile court to decline to terminate a minor child’s father’s parental rights where there existed ...

Court of Appeals Banking Law, Collection agencies: Based on statutory construction of the ambiguous provisions of the Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act (“MCALA”), Md. Code (1992, 2015 Rep. Vol.), Bus. Reg. (“BR”) §7-301, et seq., regarding the definition of a ...

Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility, Removal or discipline of judge: Although reasonable minds could differ regarding the merits of a district court judge’s decision in a peace order proceeding, because the judge’s decision was rooted in consideration of the law ...

Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure, Probation: When a circuit court administering a drug court program under Maryland Rule 16-207 considers the imposition of a sanction involving the loss of liberty or termination from the program, it must provide certain minimum ...

Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure, Post-conviction DNA testing: The trial court did not err in denying a motion for post-conviction DNA testing filed by the defendant, who was serving a life sentence without parole for first-degree murder, because the defendant ...

Court of Appeals Administrative Law, Involuntary admission to a mental health facility: Under the Maryland Mental Health Law, which provides criteria for the involuntary admission of an individual to a mental health facility and a process for assessing whether the ...

Court of Special Appeals Family Law, Custody: In determining physical custody and a visitation schedule for a minor child after a material change in circumstances occurred as a result of a minor child’s father moving closer to the child, the ...

Court of Appeals Civil Procedure, Jurisdiction over attorney disciplinary matters: Bar Counsel’s decision not to investigate a complaint of attorney misconduct was part of an attorney disciplinary proceeding, falling under the Court’s original and exclusive jurisdiction over attorney disciplinary matters. ...