Custody — Exclusion of evidence — Tiebreaker authority S.K. (“Mother”), appellant, and A.N. (“Father”), appellee, are the parents of one minor child, “C”. When C was three years old, Father filed a complaint for sole legal custody in the Circuit ...
Read More »KIMBERLY FAWL v. TRAVIS WILLIAMS
Custody & Visitation — Modification — Timeliness Appellant Kimberly Fawl (“Mother”) filed a motion to modify a 2018 custody order, which granted appellee Travis Williams (“Father”) sole legal and primary physical custody of the couple’s minor child and provided that ...
Read More »ANYSIA VALKO v. ERIC TIN
Custody — Voluntary impoverishment — Attorneys’ fees This case returns to us on appeal from the entry of a custody and access order in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, on October 19, 2022, following a five-day custody modification ...
Read More »TODD FEATHERS V. ABIGAIL FEATHERS
Custody — Erroneous findings — Bias This case involves a dispute over child custody. Over the course of a two-day pendente lite hearing and a two-day trial, the court heard extensive testimony about the parents’ relationship with each other and ...
Read More »JOANNA BENJAMIN GIBSON v. ERNEST JEAN-FRANCOIS
Custody — Exclusion of expert witness — Attorneys’ fees The parties are the formerly married parents of A., their 12-year-old daughter. This appeal follows Appellant’s (“Mother’s”) third, unsuccessful attempt to have a custody order modified so that she could reunify ...
Read More »BOBBY VAN WILSON, II v. ARIEL TRIPLETT WILSON
Custody — Enforceable agreement — Merits hearing This appeal arises from an order issued by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County granting Ariel Triplett Wilson, appellee, a Judgment of Absolute Divorce from Bobby Van Wilson, II, appellant. Read the ...
Read More »CONSUELO RACHEL VERA MONTECINO v. NELSON IGNACIO ORELLANA RAMOS, et al.
Custody — Special Immigrant Juvenile Status — Clear error On February 24, 2023, appellant Consuelo Rachel Vera Montecino filed both a Complaint for Custody and a Motion for Findings of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Eligibility in the Circuit Court for ...
Read More »DINA T. JACKSON v. RODWELL BAILEY
Custody — Child support — Concealment of assets In 2021, Rodwell Bailey, appellee, sued Dina T. Jackson, appellant, for sole legal and physical custody of their minor child as well as child support. Jackson counterclaimed seeking joint custody as well ...
Read More »MATTHEW C. SULLIVAN v. LINDSEY L. VADASZ
Custody — Modifications — Presentation of witnesses In 2020, appellant Matthew C. Sullivan (“Father”) and appellee Lindsey L. Vadasz (“Mother”) each filed motions to modify child support and custody of their two minor children. Read the opinion
Read More »ANDREA SLAUGHTER v. DESHAWNATIZ JOHNSON, ET AL.
Custody — Third-party custody — De facto parenthood This is a third-party custody dispute between Andrea Slaughter (Godmother), the appellant, and Deshawnatiz Johnson (Mother), the appellee, regarding L. (Child), who presently is six years old. Read the opinion
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