April 2022
Without judgment, appeal of settlement order premature, Md. appeals court rules 
Where one party appealed from a circuit court order granting a motion to enforce a settlement agreement in a divorce case, the appeal was dismissed as premature because the circuit court had not entered a judgment on the agreement and ...
Read More »Court of Special Appeals upholds ruling that cited past behavior as indicator of potential abuse 
Where a mother allowed someone who sexually assaulted two minor children back into the house, the trial court did not err in finding the children in need of assistance, or CINA, and placing them with the Department of Social Services, ...
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February 2022 
Child COVID-19 vaccinations likely to exacerbate custody disputes 
Disagreements over vaccinating children against COVID-19 have begun to appear in Maryland’s family courts, area lawyers say, adding a new layer of controversy to the heated realm of custody disputes. Several family law attorneys told The Daily Record they are ...
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December 2021 
Md. appeals court upholds decision in de facto parent case 
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled that the circuit court did not err in finding that a third-party was not a de facto parent, where the third party failed to establish that one of the parents, despite battling a drug ...
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