Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

University of Minnesota Law School professor Jill Hasday wants the law to offer the same protections to those deceived in intimate relationships as it does when strangers commit fraud. Hasday makes the case in her book, “Intimate Lies and the ...

RICHMOND, VA — While outlining a five-factor framework for domestic relations fee shifting, a Fairfax County judge nonetheless decided this month that the factors weighed against any fee award in a high-profile divorce case. Judge David A. Oblon found a ...

Jana Aune Deach of the Minneapolis law firm of Moss & Barnett jokes that she’s “probably one of five people who went to law school with the intention to practice family law.” Deach did so because she wanted to feel ...

DETROIT, MI — The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in Telehowski v. Telehowski that appellant Claudia Telehowski’s application for leave to appeal would not be granted. Ms. Telehowski appealed on an emergency basis the decision of Macomb County Circuit Judge ...

ROCHESTER, NY — In 2016, 2-year-old Kyra Franchetti was shot twice by her father while she slept. He then set the house on fire and committed suicide. Kyra’s mother, Jacqueline Franchetti, had warned Family Court officials that her ex-boyfriend was ...

BOSTON, MA — While criminal defendants are admonished about their right to remain silent, Melissa S. Dragon says she was extended no such courtesy in a recent Zoom settlement conference. Instead, the Woburn family law attorney says opposing counsel, Salem’s ...

ST. LOUIS, MO — The Missouri Supreme Court is considering what application, if any, the “crime-fraud” defense has to an attorney’s disciplinary proceedings. The court heard arguments on Feb. 3 in a case involving Springfield attorney James Patrick Moroney. The ...

Earlier this month, the director of the White House Coronavirus Task Force said that vaccinating everyone in America against COVID-19 is one of the greatest operational challenges the country has ever faced and “we will not stop working until the ...

BOSTON, MA — Lawyers complaining recently of phone calls that go unanswered and filings that aren’t docketed in a timely manner have long lamented shortcomings in the operations of the Probate & Family Court. The court’s chief, John D. Casey, ...

BOSTON, MA — Massachusetts child support amounts are woefully inadequate and do not meet the needs of the commonwealth’s children. For the last decade, child support amounts have been continually reduced. The decrease has occurred while custodial parents, or parents ...