Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary
Custody: modification: jurisdiction over out-of-state custody order
CSA No. 0623, September Term, 2011. Unreported. Opinion by Hotten, J. Filed: February 14, 2012. RecordFax #12-0214-11, 13 pages. Appeal from Dorchester County. Affirmed.
Where the child’s father was awarded custody by a Virginia court but immediately gave the child to a Maryland couple, the Maryland court properly assumed jurisdiction to modify the order six years later, after the couple registered it in Maryland and the Virginia court deferred jurisdiction.
