Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child custody — Name change of child — Record evidence The Circuit Court for Prince George’s County granted a motion to change the last name of Anne Marie Paul and Pierre Gerald’s minor child from “Paul” to “Paul-Gerald” to foster ...

Child custody — Circuit court jurisdiction — Voluntariness Pearnell Wilson, appellant, and Dionne Wilson, appellee, are the parents of M.W., a minor child. On May 13, 2019, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City entered an order awarding Ms. Wilson sole ...

Child custody — Motion to modify — Past abuse Nikia Nickerson (“Mother”), appellant, and Mark Regis (“Father”), appellee, are the parents of a minor son, “M.,” born April 8, 2011. At the time that the Mother and Father divorced in ...

Child custody — Motion to modify — Mootness Margo Liba Katzper (“Mother”) and Yehuda Alon Brody (“Father”) were divorced in 2002 and are the biological parents of one child, Y.B., who was born on August 24, 2001. In November 2018, ...

Child custody — Holiday visitation — Abuse of discretion Erik McKenzie sued Jennifer McAnany in 2012 for joint legal and physical custody of their child who was not yet one year old at the time. Beginning on September 10, 2012 ...

Child custody — Material change in circumstance — Unsupervised visitation John Durniak (“Father”) and his former spouse, Michelle Bourdelais (“Mother”) brings this case for our review amidst a long and tumultuous child custody dispute involving their minor daughters … Read ...

Child custody — Sole legal and physical custody — Motion to modify The appellant, Tanya Majied, brought these consolidated appeals to challenge two orders issued by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County in favor of Robert Anderson, her former ...

Child custody — Sole physical and legal custody — Willful withholding of child This appeal arises from the circuit court for Frederick County’s written order dated October 4, 2018, awarding Appellee, Caleb Wade (“Wade”), primary physical and sole legal custody ...

Child custody — Discovery sanction — Best interests of the child In this appeal from a modification of child custody, we resolve that the best interests of the child standard is the leading consideration for the court in deciding whether ...

Child custody — Gender bias — Father This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County that denied A. U.’s petition for custody of his minor child, “K.” He raises numerous contentions on appeal, ...