Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

CASPER, Wyo. — A Wyoming man who allegedly said he “did not know it was illegal” to rape his wife has pleaded guilty to third-degree sexual assault. James Furley pleaded guilty Monday to one count of third-degree sexual assault for ...

LONDON — Two polar researchers are set to wed in the first official British marriage in Antarctica. Britons Julie Baum and Tom Sylvester, who have been together for 11 years, will be the first to get married in the British ...

CLEVELAND — The state has sued an Ohio-based international adoption agency for allegedly misleading clients and taking payment for services not provided. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office says the lawsuit against European Adoption Consultants and owner Margaret Cole was filed ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Amid a court dispute that has blocked the existing statute, Louisiana lawmakers on Monday revived efforts to rewrite a state law requiring people to produce a birth certificate to get a marriage license. A federal judge ...

TRENTON, N.J. — The grandparents of a boy who was severely beaten by his father as an infant are asking the New Jersey Supreme Court to reinstate a $102 million judgment against the child welfare system. They want the justices ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana is closer to becoming the 49th state to allow same-sex couples to receive domestic abuse protections. With six senators reversing their opposition from last week, the Senate voted 25-13 Tuesday in favor of removing the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a trio of new laws meant to improve Texas’ troubled foster care system. The Republican endorsed the legislation ringed by state lawmakers from both parties at the headquarters of Texas’ family services ...

CLEVELAND — The divorce attorney for a woman fatally stabbed outside a Cleveland office tower has been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to lying to police about where he was when she was killed. Aliza Sherman ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — A proposal to allow families to file wrongful-death lawsuits after a fetus dies is sparking disagreement in Maine, where some say the measure is an attack on reproductive rights. Backers of the bill say it’s a way ...

MILAN — A ruling by Italy’s highest court is going to cost former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi millions. Italy’s Cassation Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision to award 2 million euros ($2.2 million) a month to Berlusconi’s ex-wife ...