Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Custody — Supervised visitation — Modification of agreement This appeal is the latest chapter in an ongoing child custody dispute that has spanned more than a decade, as reflected by the docket entries exceeding 100 pages. Read the opinion

CINA — Parental rights — Hearsay documents Appellant Ne.H. (“Mother”) appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, sitting as a juvenile court, granting the petition of the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services to ...

Custody — Timely response — Best interests What is before us now began as an appeal by the mother of a 16-year-old female child from an order of the Circuit Court for Howard County granting custody of the child to ...

Custody — Failure to serve notice — Consent agreement The appellant, Olushade Adepeju-Joseph (“Mother”), and the appellee, Oluremi Tolulope Folarin (“Father”), are the parents of a child born in April 2010 (“the Child”). On February 24, 2022, Father filed a ...

Custody — Contempt — Law of the case doctrine Starsha Sewell, appellant, and John Howard, appellee, are the parents of two minor children. On August 3, 2012, this Court upheld a contempt finding in the circuit court against Sewell, but ...

Custody — Supervised visitation — Best interests This case arises from a custody ruling issued by the Circuit Court for Howard County relating to the two minor children of appellant, Felisca Cummings (“Ms. Wong”), and appellee, David Cummings. Read the ...

Custody — Paternity determination — Best interest analysis Appellant, Svetlana Bunina (“Bunina”), appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in which the court found that Appellee Daniel Schneider (“Schneider”) is the biological father of D.B. (the ...

Custody — Abuse of discretion — Mediation post-judgment This appeal arises from a child custody matter in the Circuit Court for Frederick County, between R.G. (“Mother”) and B.M. (“Father”). Read the opinion

Custody — Emancipation — Jurisdiction This is an appeal from an order of dismissal in a child access case, by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, on the ground that the child had reached the age of 18 years and, ...

Custody — Material change of circumstances — Contempt In the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Natasha Charisse Hewlett (“Mother”), the appellee, filed petitions for contempt and to modify custody against Jermaine C. Tyler (“Father”), the appellant, pertaining to the parties’ ...