Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

A 4-year-old had been physically abused by her mother. At the adjudication hearing in a Child in Need of Assistance (“CINA”) proceeding, material allegations were sustained against her mother. No allegations were sustained against her father, with whom she had ...

It is a rare estate these days that doesn’t exceed a million dollars, and of course many are several times that. That’s good news for the beneficiaries — or is it? Will the sudden addition of a cool million to ...

The purpose of the child support enforcement system is to promote financial stability for children and families. The opposite effect can occur if enforcement actions are improperly directed at noncustodial parents (“obligors”) who are senior citizens or disabled, with incomes ...

The opioid crisis has left a stunning amount of devastation throughout our country. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports from 1999 to 2017, more than 702,000 people have died from drug overdoses. The opioid crisis has a ...

BOSTON, MA — Where a mother who wrongfully removed her daughter from Brazil has challenged a U.S. District Court judgment ordering the return of the child to Brazil, the judge did not err in finding that returning the child to ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — On Feb. 18, 2020, the Minnesota Court of Appeals issued an unpublished decision in In re the Marriage of Suhsen and Suhsen. A number of interesting issues surrounding the division of assets and debts, along with spousal ...

On Jan. 2, 2020, Maryland lost a dedicated legal advocate for Maryland’s most vulnerable citizens, Eileen O. Franch. Eileen began her career representing disabled individuals and concluded her professional journey representing abused and neglected children. Eileen was a quiet person ...

In April 2019, the Maryland Court of Appeals filed an opinion on Romero v. Perez, further developing the immigration process used by many immigrant children in the foster care system. Romero v. Perez (“Romero”), 463 Md. 182, 205 A.3d 903 ...

When a child comes into foster care, there is a presumptive plan of reunification with the parents, except in limited situations where a parent is convicted of serious crimes identified in the statute or the child enters care due to ...

D. is a youth who, due to his premature birth, requires 24-hour nursing care. He has limited mobility, needs frequent respiratory treatments and requires a feeding tube. D. is in foster care and is over the age of 18. Neither ...