Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Sheila K. Sachs, a pioneering family law practitioner and a prominent member of the legal community, died of cancer April 21. The Baltimore resident was 78. Sachs, a partner at Gordon Feinblatt LLC, had a law practice that included litigating ...

BOSTON — It all began nearly 20 years ago as I sat in a rocking chair nursing my new baby, a girl born during a historic winter so cold and icy we barely left the house for months. Instead, day ...

MILWAUKEE — With a new legislative session underway, once again there are efforts to require Wisconsin family courts to order equal physical placement in every – or virtually every – case. These efforts are generally being made by male advocacy groups ...

ANNAPOLIS – The statutory duty of Marylanders to report suspected child abuse to law enforcement trumps the general rule that private communications between spouses are inadmissible at trial, Maryland’s top court ruled Tuesday in reinstating the murder conviction of an ...

DETROIT — A Michigan Court of Appeals panel vacated a post-judgment order awarding spousal support 37 years after a divorce. In Gallagher v. Gallagher (MiLW No. 08-99564, 3 pages), the panel agreed with the defense that the Oakland County Circuit ...

BOSTON — A mother’s verbal promise to hold child support payments for the benefit of her son until he reached adulthood constituted an express trust that she violated by putting the money to her own use, a Probate & Family Court ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon teens who spent time in foster care were less than half as likely as their classmates in the class of 2017 to graduate on time. The Oregonian/OregonLive was the first in the state to report on ...

MINNEAPOLIS — On Feb. 19, 2019, the Minnesota Court of Appeals issued an unpublished custody modification decision in In re the Marriage of Rothen. Reversal was not terribly surprising. However, the fact that the affidavits from the parties’ children were ...

Social media is a mainstream form of communication today. In divorce and custody cases, introducing postings from social media as evidence is a recurring challenge. As an advocate, one should assess the admissibility of all potential social media evidence before ...

A bill that would provide free, high-quality legal representation to low-income victims of certain crimes is under consideration in the Maryland General Assembly. SB 811/HB 665 would establish the Family Law Services for Sustained Safety Fund, which would increase legal ...