Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

CINA — Termination of jurisdiction — Right of appeal After a permanency planning hearing in January 2023, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, sitting as a juvenile court, found that C.W. was no longer a child in need of ...

Custody — Fitness to be parent — Sufficient reasoning This is the second appeal in an ongoing child custody matter involving five parties: Sara S. (“Mother”); Matthew W. (“Father”); the maternal grandmother, Karen S. (“Ms. Karen S.); and the paternal ...

Custody — Reversible error — Use of therapy records This case is before us on appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County addressing motions to modify custody filed by both Erik A. Hasenboehler, appellant (“Father”), and ...

Visitation — Insufficient evidence — Finding of facts S.W. challenges a January 30, 2023 order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, sitting as a juvenile court, that suspended her visitation with her six-year-old daughter, A.R., and appointed a parent ...

Custody — Home conflicts — Custodial preferences This appeal stems from a custody dispute between Tyler Roach (“Father”), appellant, and Samah Abouelnasr (“Mother”), appellee, that was brought in the Circuit Court for Howard County regarding the parties’ two minor children, ...

Child support — Modification — Material change in circumstances This case arises from a modification of child support hearing involving Zhuldyz Anatolevna Mizina, appellant, and Douglas Tice, appellee. Read the opinion

Children — Guardianship — Right to parent In October 2019, the two children (the “Children”) of Mr. M. (“Father”), appellant, and Ms. R. (“Mother”) were taken into the care and custody of the St. Mary’s County Department of Social Services ...

Custody — Ineffective assistance of counsel — Fraudulent services This case, before us for the second time, arises out of a custody dispute between Vernon J. Leftridge, Jr., Appellant, and Niambi Heyward, Appellee. The parties, who are not married, are ...

Child support — Earnings withholding notice — Premature appeal Herbert Sowe, appellant, appeals from an order by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County denying his motion for summary judgment. In that motion, he sought to terminate an administrative earnings withholding ...

Custody — Third-party custody — Parental rights This is a third-party custody dispute between Terrell Dawson (Father), the appellant, and Barbara Snipes (Grandmother), the appellee, regarding A.S.J. (Child), who presently is 13 years old. Read the opinion