Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

DES MOINES, Iowa – When Shelley Skuster and her husband adopted their daughter, Olivia, in 2013, the northeast Iowa couple had no paid time off from their jobs. The Skusters had considered potential challenges as they went through months of ...

Thousands of Ohio adoptees are hoping to learn more about their history, including family medical information, thanks to a law granting them access to their adoption files and birth certificates.

When the Court of Special Appeals affirmed the Termination of Parental Rights order, it rendered the CINA appeal moot. (In re Karl H. distinguished).

voluntary impoverishment finding was supported by the record, where, although appellant claimed she started her own business rather than take a demotion spurred by her employer’s bias against her transgender status, the evidence showed her employer had valid reasons for restructuring and had offered appellant a contract under which she would have been highly compensated, which she rejected while knowing she had an obligation to pay alimony and child support.

Adoption/Guardianship: Permanent Guardianship: Military parent CSA No. 1860, Sept. Term 2013. Unreported. Opinion by Nazarian, J. Filed Oct. 22, 2014. Appeal from Howard County. Affirmed. RecordFax #14-1022-00, 14 pages. The circuit court properly granted mother’s petition to revoke an order ...

Guardianship: Disability: Evidentiary basis Cons. with Andreas Konopka v. Uma Ahluwalia CSA Nos. 2502 & 2507 (Consol.), Sept. Term 2013. Unreported. Opinion by Kehoe, J. Filed Sept. 17, 2014. Appeal from Montgomery County. Affirmed.

Mr. B. thought he had defeated a bid to terminate his parental rights when the judge in the CINA case kept reunification as his children's permanency plan. But the Department filed a TPR action anyway, and prevailed.

Guardianship: Third-party petition: Surviving parent

Adoption/Guardianship: Termination of Parental Rights: Required findings

Adoption/Guardianship: Termination of parental rights: Medical neglect CSA No. 2525, Sept. Term 2013. Unreported. Opinion by Arthur, J. Filed: July 11, 2014. Appeal from Baltimore City. Affirmed.