Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

CINA — Exceptions — Timeliness The Circuit Court for Howard County, sitting as a juvenile court, ordered the transfer of custody of minor child R.C. from biological mother (“Ms. D.” or “Mother”) to biological father (“Mr. C.” or “Father”), following ...

CINA — Termination of parental rights — Timeliness of objection D. D. appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, sitting as a juvenile court, that terminated her parental rights in I. C., one of her children. ...

Child custody — Joint physical and legal custody — Tie-breaking authority By order entered December 13, 2019, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County granted Veronica Jones, appellant (“Mother”), and Jerome Blackwell, appellee (“Father”), joint legal and shared physical custody ...

CINA — Change in permanency play — From sole to concurrent reunification with parent Mr. M., the father of nine-year-old D.M. and seven-year-old J.M., appeals the order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, sitting as the juvenile court, amending ...

Estates and trusts — Attorney’s fees — Calculation This case is about an award of counsel fees by the Orphans’ Court. The personal representative of an estate petitioned for the allowance of $103,174 in counsel fees to be paid by ...

Divorce — In banc review — Objection to introduction of evidence This case is before us on appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County denying a Notice for In Banc Review filed by Anthony Foster (“Husband”), ...

Divorce — Monetary award — Social Security benefits In the Circuit Court for Harford County, Ernest Ford, Sr. (“Husband”) and Ayn Ford (“Wife”) were granted an absolute divorce after more than 28 years of marriage. The circuit court determined that ...

CINA — Shelter care petition — Visistation On September 10, 2020, the Baltimore City Department of Social Services (“DSS” or “the Department”) filed a Shelter Care Petition for the appellant, G.T. The Department alleged that G.T.’s mother, Donna (“Mother”), had ...

Child custody — Material change in circumstances — Best interest of child Appellant, Yared Terfassa (“Father”), appeals from the September 30, 2020 order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County (“Order”) awarding appellee, Mayamawit G. Wright (“Mother”), sole residential and ...