Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Divorce — Prenuptial agreement — Validity This comes to us from two interlocutory orders in an ongoing divorce case. In one of the orders, the court invalidated the prenuptial agreement between the parties at the request of the wife. In ...

Divorce — Alimony — Calculation On August 30, 2019, the Circuit Court of Washington County entered a Judgment of Absolute Divorce between Gregory Martin Jimenez (“Appellant”) and Michelle Lee Long-Jimenez (“Appellee”). Under the Circuit Court’s decree, Appellant must make rehabilitative ...

Divorce — Motion to revise Qualified Domestic Relations Order — Timeliness Appellant, Felicia Maxsam, challenges that the Circuit Court erred in granting Appellee David Maxsam’s Motion to Revise and Amend Qualified Domestic Relations Order (“QDRO”) because the Motion was filed ...

RICHMOND, VA — A Roanoke lawyer has agreed to a three-year and six-month suspension amid bar allegations that he tried to cover up a botched divorce that led to a $742,000 legal malpractice judgment. In a May 17 hearing, Charles ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The state does not have to prove that a child actually is in need of protection or services to convict a defendant of encouraging that need, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in the case of a man ...

Estates and trusts — Last will and testament — Creation of income or capital receipts Kimberly A. Morgan and Allen Frederick Yost appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Washington County, the Honorable Andrew F. Wilkinson presiding, that ...

Child support — Circuit court jurisdiction — Law of the case Starsha Sewell, appellant, and John Howard, appellee, are the parents of two minor children. On July 29, 2014, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County entered an order granting ...

Child custody — Visitation — Work-related restrictions This case is before us on appeal from the Circuit Court for Talbot County where appellant, Shaun Barringer (“S. Barringer”), challenges the December 4, 2019 Memorandum Opinion and Judgment of Absolute Divorce (“Memorandum ...

CINA — Reunification efforts — Effect of pandemic When M. was three-years old, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, sitting as a juvenile court, declared her to be a child in need of assistance (“CINA”) due to neglect, removed her ...

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 ...