Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

The Maryland Appellate Court has elevated its unreported opinion from earlier this year to a reported opinion, that a divorcing couple’s previous oral agreement to give their frozen pre-embryos a chance at life “no matter what” is binding and the ...

The Maryland Supreme Court Wednesday upheld a postnuptial agreement that required the ex-husband to pay his former wife $7 million after he engaged in adultery. In an opinion by Justice Michele D. Hotten, the high court held that spouses may allocate ...

The Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) at the University of Baltimore School of Law named Aubrey Edwards-Luce as its new executive director, bringing over 15 years of experience to the center. Edwards-Luce joined ...

A Pennsylvania man who says that he and his deceased partner privately exchanged vows to create a common-law marriage more than 20 years ago has adequately shown the marriage exists in order bring a wrongful death lawsuit in Maryland, the ...

A father’s anger and negative statements about his son’s sexual orientation qualifies as mental abuse that justifies a final protective order, Maryland’s second-highest court found in a newly reported opinion. The Maryland Appellate Court affirmed a protective order against the ...