Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child custody — Visitation via telephone — Obstruction by custodial parent Moussa Moaadel (“M. Moaadel”) comes again before this Court asserting error related to an ongoing custody dispute with his children’s mother, Daria Moaadel (“D. Moaadel”). Read the opinion

Child custody — Motion by best interest attorney — Participation in Boy Scouts This appeal arises from an emergency hearing in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in a contested divorce case. The Motion for Emergency Hearing was filed by ...

Child custody — Visitation — Best interests of child This case involves a custody dispute originating in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. M.Y. (“Mother”) filed a complaint for limited divorce against L.G. (“Father”) on April 30, 2013. Read ...

Child custody — Appellate jurisdiction — Final judgment rule The parties involved in this domestic relations case are Terry Gamble (“Mr. Gamble”) and Holly Gamble (“Mother”). The two were married on March 7, 2013. A son, C., was born of ...

Child custody — Joint custody — Tie-breaking authority On November 30, 2020, the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County awarded shared physical and joint legal custody of W.S. to his parents, appellant Catherine Lohr (“Mother”) and appellee Eric Shea (“Father”). ...

Child custody — Modification — Unjustifiable interference with child access Kioma Renaud (“Mother”), appellant, and Gerald Bennett (“Father”), appellee, are the parents of a 4-year old daughter, K.B. Mother, proceeding pro se, appeals from an order entered by the Circuit ...

Child custody — Visitation — Testimony of child’s therapist After a lengthy custody battle starting in 2018, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, sitting as a juvenile court, docketed two orders on October 6, 2020, granting Antoine Wells visitation ...

Child custody — Visitation — Calculation This case concerns a custody/visitation dispute between Daniel Zeriselassie (“Appellant”) and Sara D. Crawford (“Appellee”). The custody/visitation dispute relates to their child, P.C., who was 17 months old at the time of the circuit ...

Child custody — Motion to modify — Residential schedule This case arises from an order by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, granting, in part, a motion to modify a custody and parenting order and denying a motion to modify ...

Child custody — Modification — Material change in circumstance This appeal arises from a two-day bench trial in the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County. On May 29, 2018, the District Court of El Paso County, Colorado entered a Decree ...