Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

While prenuptial agreements have traditionally served the purpose of protecting the accumulated assets of those who are marrying later in life or are marrying for the second or third time, millennials have increasingly been requesting them in recent years, family law attorneys said.

There are a variety of reasons pro se litigants in family law cases have chosen not to engage a lawyer: the sheer expense of hiring a private attorney, for example, or the belief that applying for help through pro bono ...

While juvenile courts have the right to specify the type of facility in which a juvenile delinquent is placed, they lack the authority to require a child be committed to a particular facility — or to exclude a child from ...

As the legal landscape surrounding LGBT rights has shifted dramatically in recent years, the hurdles same-sex couples have to overcome to adopt a child have decreased. But challenges remain for gay and lesbian couples who want to start a family, ...

A trial court can award joint legal custody to two parents even if they are found to be nearly incapable of communicating and reaching shared decisions about their children, Maryland’s top court has ruled. Judge Sally D. Adkins , Court ...

Representing children who have come into contact with the court system — whether as offenders or as victims — presents a unique set of challenges for family and juvenile law attorneys, from understanding their young client’s point of view to ...

Between 1990 and 2010, the divorce rate for Americans age 50 and older doubled, according to a 2013 report by Bowling Green State University. A number of factors, including longer life expectancies, the reduced stigma attached to ending a marriage ...

A man who signed affidavits of parentage identifying himself as the “natural father” of twin boys on the Eastern Shore is not entitled to a paternity test years later to determine if he is actually their father, a divided Court ...

The cost of raising children includes many expenses beyond the day-to-day, from summer camp tuition to medical bills to algebra tutors. But between divorcing parents, disputes over incidental costs that fall outside regular child support responsibilities can escalate quickly. An ...

Cellphones, computers and other electronic devices store a myriad of highly personal information, from web search histories to text messages to GPS location data. In a contested divorce case or a child custody dispute, these pieces of information become particularly ...