Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

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 ...

Among family lawyers there is a saying, “You can’t make your parents pay for your college — unless they are divorced.” For many years, parties in a matrimonial action paid scarce attention to two provisions: paying for health care and ...

ROCHESTER, New York — The New York Court of Appeals recently took up the question of whether a former spouse’s interest in real property granted to her in the judgment of divorce can be attached by a later judgment creditor ...

When a non-custodial parent fails to pay child support, he or she accumulates a debt known as an arrearage. Failure to pay child support over an extended period of time can result in arrearages of tens of thousands of dollars. ...

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Maryland recently passed laws that expand the right to parent. On June 1, 2019, House Bill 519 (See 2019 Md. ALS 438, 2019 Md. Laws 438, 2019 Md. Chap. 438, 2019 Md. HB 519) made changes to the laws controlling ...

This article discusses an unusual but actual issue, which arose in a criminal background check of an individual who hoped to provide a home for three young children and their mother. Some facts about the family have been altered to ...

The broad policy of the Child in Need of Assistance (CINA) subtitle is to ensure that juvenile courts and local departments of social services exercise authority to protect and advance a child’s best interests when court intervention is required. See CJP §§ 3-801and 3-802. ...