Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas couple has filed a lawsuit in hopes of reversing federal immigration officials’ decision not to allow their adopted Korean-born daughter to become a U.S. citizen. Army veteran Patrick Schreiber and his wife finalized their ...

The messages are presumed to be confidential and may not be used as evidence in a criminal trial except in extraordinary circumstances, Maryland’s second-highest court has ruled.

CRANBROOK, British Columbia — A judge has rejected a challenge of Canada’s polygamy laws that was launched after two men were found guilty in British Columbia. Winston Blackmore and James Oler were found guilty in British Columbia Supreme Court last ...

ST. LOUIS — A mother whose court-appointed attorney was allowed to withdraw from her case on the day of a hearing on terminating her parental rights is entitled to a new trial on the termination findings, the Missouri Court of ...

RICHMOND, VA — The U.S. Supreme Court in 2015, in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, gave full marriage rights to same-sex couples. Last month, in two different courts in Virginia – the Court of Appeals and a Fairfax Circuit ...

DALLAS — A Congolese woman at the center of a lawsuit accusing the U.S. government of unlawfully separating her from her 7-year-old daughter after they crossed the California-Mexico border seeking asylum was released Tuesday, an official with the American Civil ...

MINNEAPOLIS – If you’ve spent any time litigating orders for protection, you know that one key element of a claim involves the timing of the alleged act of abuse. No matter which side of the case you found yourself on, ...

A lawyer representing two American Indian tribes urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to keep in place the changes a judge ordered for a South Dakota county’s system of removing children from homes in endangerment cases. Stephen Pevar, a tribal ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho has serious gaps in representation for children involved in protective services cases, according to a report by the Office of Performance Evaluation. The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee received the lengthy report at a hearing Feb. 4. ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A $15 million legal claim alleges the state of Arizona failed to protect a foster child who spent 12 years in the home of a man later convicted of child sex crimes. The Arizona Daily Star reports ...