Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

MINNEAPOLIS — A court may require a spouse in a marriage dissolution to put a property settlement to work as part of determining whether a maintenance award is necessary, the Supreme Court has ruled. That means that the spouse may ...

BOSTON — A woman who accused her ex-husband of concealing assets while they were negotiating a separation agreement that was later incorporated into their divorce could not bring her action in federal court, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

ST. LOUIS — Frozen embryos are legally marital property, not children, a Missouri appellate court has held. Tuesday’s decision upholds a lower-court ruling in October 2014 that Justin Gadberry and Jalesia McQueen’s frozen embryos should continue to be stored at ...

MILWAUKEE — The Director of State Courts is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to adopt a rule change that would let lawyers who are mediators draft the legal documents that result from family-law-related mediations. The petition, which was filed Friday, ...

COLUMBIA, SC — After a woman with a troubled past was found sitting in the middle of the road with her child, a South Carolina family court judge terminated her parental rights. But the Court of Appeals has reversed the ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — An unemployed but well-educated man engaged in a custody battle with his ex-wife must prove he qualifies for a public defending, an acting state Supreme Court justice has ruled. Patrick Carney must also show Richard A. Dollinger ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Is it ethical to grant a young woman the latitude to jeopardize her own life — and that of the child she is carrying on someone else’s behalf — in hopes of a big payday? A California-based bioethicist recently ...

Many retired Virginia judges play active roles in the state court system, sitting by designation to hear cases. But even a retired judge who has given up all courthouse duties can still perform marriages, the state attorney general says. The ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Receiving negative feedback from a supervisor, judge, colleague or client is one of the more challenging aspects of working in the legal profession. We all know that we only get better at what we do with practice ...

BOSTON — Whatever one’s position is on illegal immigration, most would agree that rarely are there good solutions when children are caught up in the federal government’s efforts to remove those who entered the country without proper documentation. For example, ...