Family Law—Monetary Award—Marital Property The court affirmed the monetary award of $70,000 to Wife, finding no error in the classification and valuation of marital property despite her claims of omitted assets.
Read More »S.L. v. T.L.
Family Law—Contempt—Recusal The Circuit Court for Prince George’s County entered an oral order holding Sean W. Ledbetter in civil contempt for failing to comply with a discovery order, which he later purged.
Read More »W.K. v. A.K.
Family Law—Alimony—Attorneys' Fees The circuit court did not err in awarding Wife indefinite alimony of $1,715 per month and ordering Husband to pay $10,000 toward her attorneys' fees, affirming the judgments of the circuit court.
Read More »B.A.C. v. D.C.F.L.—C.S.—C.T.
Circuit court did not err in calculating child support without crediting Father’s claimed child-related expenses, as he failed to provide sufficient evidence to substantiate those claims.
Read More »L.B. v. J.B.
F.L. — Custody — P.O.T.
Read More »A.T. v. M.A.A.H.
Family Law—Custody—Special Immigrant Juvenile Status The circuit court did not err by denying Appellant’s Motion for Order Nunc Pro Tunc regarding her Petition for Custody and SIJS predicate findings for the Minor.
Read More »W.S. v. J.S.
Family Law—Divorce—Monetary Award The court did not err in denying Husband's motion to recuse and affirmed the monetary award of $700,000 to him, finding no clear error in the trial court's determinations.
Read More »Ashlee Smith Turner v. Blair Abelle-Kiser
Family Law—Custody—Tiebreaking Authority The circuit court properly exercised its discretion in awarding joint legal custody with tiebreaking authority to BAK, considering the best interests of the child and the evidence presented.
Read More »T.A.L. v. A.S.L.
Family Law—Custody—Contempt The circuit court did not violate the Maryland Rules when it granted Father's motion for alternative service and did not abuse its discretion in overruling Mother's exceptions to the magistrate's recommendations.
Read More »D.W. v. J.W.
Family Law—Custody—Child Support The trial court's custody and child support order was vacated and remanded due to errors in calculating child support and awarding attorney's fees, requiring further proceedings consistent with the opinion.
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