Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary
Domestic violence — Sexual abuse of child — Sufficiency of the evidence
Brittney Hughes appeals the Circuit Court for Wicomico County’s grant of a final protective order against her, requested by Cynthia Cephas, on behalf of Hughes’s fouryear-old daughter, K.W. We affirm. BACKGROUND The underlying facts at issue in this appeal concern Hughes’s application of cream to her daughter’s vagina. Cephas, K.W.’s paternal grandmother, was granted a temporary protective order against Hughes based on allegations of sexual child abuse and a final protective order hearing was held on March 7, 2019. …
