Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

When a party files an action for divorce and the other spouse subsequently dies before the divorce is finalized, a rebuttable presumption exists that the surviving spouse was not willfully absent from the decedent spouse, the Michigan Supreme Court has ...

RICHMOND, Va. — When a man voluntarily dismissed a defamation suit against his ex-wife before she moved to dismiss in federal court, she cannot recover attorneys’ fees pursuant to Virginia’s “anti-SLAPP” statute, the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled in ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia circuit court has ruled that provisions in a property settlement agreement, or PSA, which regulated introduction of the parties’ romantic partners to their child were unconstitutionally vague, void as against public policy and unenforceable. Judge ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Parenting — that long chain of decisions that hopefully leads to a well-rounded adult — was always a little less stressful for Laura Guerra because her husband, Rigo, was “100% in it” for their daughter, Emilia. But ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An appeals court has revived a federal lawsuit that a lower court dismissed accusing the state of West Virginia of failing to protect children and fix its overwhelmed foster care system. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The embattled state agency that oversees child welfare in New Mexico said Friday it is retraining its front-line investigators and creating new critical review teams as part of an effort to once again overhaul a department that ...

With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, family law practitioners in Maryland have been inundated with calls from LGBTQ+ clients worried that the Supreme Court will next set its sights on Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that in 2015 recognized ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Reproductive health advocates are sounding the alarm about possible limited or prohibited access to contraception after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. But a case going to trial next month suggests that a threat to reproductive health ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The social services system “failed” 13 children who were rescued after being starved, shackled and horribly abused by their parents at a Southern California home for years, according to a report released Friday. Some of the Turpin ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. — Months after withdrawing legislation that proposed the Navajo Nation recognize marriage equality through repealing and amending tribal laws, a new bill is bringing back that recommendation. The legislation seeks to end the ban on same-sex marriage under ...