Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

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 ...

CINA — Statutory requirements — Adherence This case is before us from the Circuit Court for Cecil County, sitting as the juvenile court, where minor child M.H. was determined to be a Child in Need of Assistance (“CINA”) after contested ...

CINA — Neglect — Totality of the circumstances Sean J., a 17-year-old youth who is currently in pretrial detention awaiting trial on charges that he murdered his first child, has appealed from a determination that his second child, S.J., is ...

CINA — Termination of parental rights — Exceptional circumstances We have seen this heart-wrenching case on various procedural postures before, and we are now called upon to address the termination of parental rights (“TPR”). J.N.T. (“Mother”) gave birth to a ...

Child custody — Sole legal custody — Parents’ failure to communicate Christopher Brown (“Father”), appellant, and Sylvia Simpson (“Mother”), appellee, are the parents of one daughter, H., born in September 2009. The parties separated in 2010 and were awarded joint ...