Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Danger of serious emotional or physical damage to an Indian child must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, supported by qualified expert testimony, before the parental rights of an Indian child may be terminated.

A federal judge in Seattle became the latest to block President Donald Trump's administration from prematurely cutting off funding for science-based programs aimed at reducing teen pregnancy.

West Virginia's Supreme Court says children cannot inherit from a biological parent's estate if that parent has no will and had their rights terminated.

MINNEAPOLIS — A group of parents has accused state and county child protection agencies in Minnesota of illegally removing children from their homes. The civil rights lawsuit filed April 24 in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis Tuesday alleges the state’s ...

A bakery owned by a Christian family asked Britain’s Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that it discriminated against a gay customer for refusing to make a cake supporting same-sex marriage.

EDINBURG, Texas — After a physical altercation with her ex-wife, a 29-year-old single mom found herself with two options: she could face up to a year in county jail or apply to take part in Domestic Violence Court. The Monitor ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Due process is incredibly important when the object of the process is somebody’s children, said the attorney for the non-Indian mother of two boys who has lost custody of them to their respective tribes. That’s why the matter ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s highest court will decide whether a woman’s use of illegal drugs while pregnant qualifies as child abuse under state law. The Supreme Court recently took up the case of a woman who tested positive for suboxone ...

SAN DIEGO — A man who was denied permission to return to the United States from Mexico sued the federal government Tuesday, saying he was misled by a little-known benefit aimed at keeping married couples together in the U.S. while ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a woman has parental rights to a 6-year-old boy born to her ex-wife when the two were married, in a case watched by gay rights activists and groups aiding in vitro ...