Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child custody — Motion to modify — Circuit court jurisdiction Appellant, James Nickens, Jr. (“Father”), appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County denying in part his motion to modify custody and granting in part the counter-motion ...

Child support — Calculation — Joint custody support guidelines Marilyn Feldman (“Appellant”) brings this appeal, challenging the Circuit Court for Montgomery County’s Judgment of Absolute Divorce. The Appellant petitioned the court seeking an absolute divorce from Howard Feldman (“Appellee”), indefinite ...

Estates and trusts — Intestate succession — Relinquishment This case concerns competing claims to assets in the estate of Adam Brandon, who died intestate. The claimants are the decedent’s father and the decedent’s cousins. Although the laws of intestate succession ...

Child support — Motion to modify — Standing In this appeal from a domestic family action in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Daryl Green, appellant, challenges a January 2011 award of child support to Angelica Reeder, appellee, the ...

Estates and trusts — Frivolous appeal — Attorney’s fees This is the tenth appeal of appellants, Oxana Parikh and Namish Parikh, relating to the administration of the estate of Dr. Dinesh O. Parikh. Appellants challenge an order of the Circuit ...

Child visitation — Supervised visitation — Abuse or neglect The Circuit Court for Kent County, sitting as a juvenile court, denied a motion by D.K. (“Father”), the appellant, for unsupervised visitation with K.L., his son. Father argues that the juvenile ...

Child custody — Sole legal custody — Abuse of discretion Samuel Snead (“Father”), the appellant, filed a petition to modify custody and a petition to modify child support against Anna Snead1 (“Mother”), the appellee, in the Circuit Court for Anne ...

Child support — Failure to pay — Body attachment Starsha Sewell, appellant, appeals an order issued by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County denying her “Motion to Stay Income Withholding” (motion to stay) and “Md. Rule 2-551 Memoranda” in ...

Child custody — Motion to alter or amend — Material change in circumstances Moussa Moaadel (“Father”), appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County denying his motion to alter or amend an order that granted, in part, ...

Divorce — Indefinite alimony — Retroactivity This divorce case between Tami Yu (“Wife”), appellant/cross-appellee, and Youngjin Yu (“Husband”), appellee/cross-appellant, was tried for four days in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. After putting findings of fact on the record, the ...