CINA — Placement in department’s care — Children’s best interests The Baltimore County Department of Social Services (“Department”) filed a petition to have I.M. and S.M., the minor children of Iesha M. (“Mother”) and Jamal S. (“Father”), declared children in ...

Child custody — Increased visitation — Mootness This appeal arises from an order entered by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, granting increased visitation to appellee M.S.S.1 (“Mother”) with her minor child J.S. Appellant S.C. (“Grandmother”) , J.S.’s then-sole legal ...

Child custody — Motion to modify — Material change in circumstances M.Y. (“Mother”) appeals the grant, by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, of L.G.’s (“Father”) motion to modify the parenting addendum to the voluntary separation and property settlement ...

Child custody — Motion to modify — Material change in circumstances The parties, A.H. (“Father”) and W.H. (“Mother”), were previously married and are the parents of two minor children. In May 2020, Father petitioned to modify the 2018 consent custody ...

CINA — Change in permanency plan — From reunification to adoption by non-relative these consolidated appeals, we are asked to determine whether the Circuit Court for Montgomery County sitting as a juvenile court erred in changing the permanency plan for ...

CINA — Suspension of mother’s supervised visits — Child’s best interest In this appeal, we consider whether the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, sitting as a juvenile court in a child in need of assistance case, erred when it suspended ...

Child support — Motion to modify — Retroactive application Child support and alimony obligations may be modified from time to time depending on a change of circumstances. A spouse, receiving financial support from the payor spouse, may seek an upward ...

Child custody — Determination — Admissibility of text messages This appeal brings before us the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County’s judgment of divorce between Jarrett McGuire (“Father”) and Joanna McGuire (“Mother”). Read the opinion

Divorce — Divorce agreement — Breach This case is the fifth appeal relating to real property located on Peachtree Lane in Bowie, Maryland (“Peachtree Lane”), which was part of a divorce agreement (“Divorce Agreement”). Read the opinion

Child custody — Modification — Material change in circumstances Joseph Alphonse Dumonchelle, Appellant (“Father”), and Melinda Ann Dumonchelle, Appellee (“Mother”), are the biological parents of L, born on July 11, 2011. Father and Mother were divorced on October 31, 2017. ...