Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

SALT LAKE CITY — As the nation awaits a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding a Mississippi law that calls for banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, LGBTQ advocates are pushing to codify protections for same-sex marriage in ...

BOSTON, MA — As the result of a recent Massachusetts Appeals Court ruling, cremated human remains in a Wayland churchyard will lay undisturbed for now. But attorneys for two different churches say they hope that resting place is anything but ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The parents of a deceased man’s ex-wife can inherit property from his will, despite this apparently not being his intent. On May 23, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that, if a wife is named in an ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A dashboard with some foster care data collected by the state of West Virginia made its debut Wednesday, more than two months after it was cut by lawmakers from a bill proposal. Advocates have said making the ...

Strip away the celebrity intrigue and media frenzy, and the high-profile court battle between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard involved issues painfully familiar to many women and men across America. The civil defamation case, which ended on June 1 ...

LEEDS, Maine — The ripple effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been devastating for families of all kinds — including those who have seen their prospective adoptions put on hold. Ukraine was once one of the U.S.’s most frequent ...

BOSTON, MA — Attorneys who represent the elderly and those who suffer from some level of mental incapacity are hopeful the Legislature will finally pass a bill authorizing “supported decision-making agreements,” all the while pressing for what they view as ...

Far fewer Americans said “I do” during the first year of the pandemic when wedding plans were upended, a new report finds. There were 1.7 million weddings in 2020, a drop of 17% from the year before and the lowest ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court last week allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family that was among the first contacted by child welfare officials following ...

RICHMOND, VA — Where a mother alleged that social workers and agencies failed to provide services required under a foster care agreement, there was no federal cause of action in her complaint nor complete diversity between the parties, ruled a ...