Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child custody — Judicial bias — Denial of custody request Eric Lappi, appellant, and Cynthia Kamga Nenkam, appellee, are the parents of S.L., a minor child. On August 13, 2018, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County entered an order granting ...

Child custody — Modification — Failure to raise claims of error Angela Speight, appellant, and Lee Williams, Jr., appellee, are the parents of H.W., a minor child. On February 1, 2016, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County entered a ...

Child custody — Joint legal and physical custody — Best interest of the child This case arises from a dispute between Lemlem Redae (“Mother”), appellant, and Yoseph Seyoum, (“Father”), appellee, regarding their son, A.S. Mother appeals the custody and child ...

Child custody — Motion to modify — Due process Oleg Kapustin, appellant, and Evgeniya Lugovkin, appellee, have been involved in a custody dispute regarding their two minor children for over ten years. On November 8, 2017, the court issued an ...

Child custody — Special Immigrant Juvenile status — Parental neglect In making findings on appellant/guardian’s effort to obtain Special Immigrant Juvenile (“SIJ”) status for a minor, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County concluded that it was not in the ...

Child custody — Motion to modify — Material change in circumstance Andrea Fera (“Father”), appellant, and Yumna Kaluf (“Mother”), appellee, are the divorced parents of a 15-year-old daughter (the “Child”). In 2014, the parties entered into a consent order appointing ...

Child custody — Joint legal custody — Tie-breaking authority This case arises out of a divorce proceeding involving Ann Pentecost (“Mother”), appellant, and Joseph Pentecost (“Father”), appellee. The couple have two children, Daniel, born in January 2005, and Vincent, born ...

Child custody — Order — Jurisdiction of circuit court Evans Ihenachor (“Father”), appellant, and Paige Martin (“Mother”), appellee, are the parents of a 4-year-old daughter, O.I. When O.I. was less than six months old, Father filed a complaint for custody ...

Child custody — Circuit court jurisdiction — Law of the case Starsha Sewell, appellant, and John Howard, appellee, are the parents of two minor children. On July 29, 2014, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County entered an order granting ...

Child custody — Motion for continuance — Inability of foreign father to attend The underlying proceedings in this case were initiated in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County by E.S. (“Mother”), Appellee. She filed a complaint against C.B. (“Father”), Appellant, ...