Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Custody — Consent order — Taylor factors This case involves a custody dispute between Appellant Simon Tusha (“Father”) and Appellee Gretchen Tusha (“Mother”) regarding their minor child, (“child”). Read the opinion

Custody — Best interests of child — Discovery violation This appeal is from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, the Honorable Jill R. Cummins, presiding, that awarded R. F. S. (“S.”) and M. E. (“E.”) joint legal ...

Child support — Custody — Relocation Andrew Lord (“Father”) and Theresa Lord (“Mother”) were married in September 2004 and had three children. Mother and Father later separated and were granted a limited divorce in 2020 and an absolute divorce in ...

Custody — Best interests — Attorney fees This appeal stems from an ongoing dispute between Jeffrey Reichert and Sarah Hornbeck regarding the care and custody of the parties’ minor child, (“G.R.”). Read the opinion

Custody — Best interests — Contempt For the second time, the dispute between Shenglin Wang (“Mother”), appellant, and Siu Wai Mak (“Father”), appellee, over custody of their six-year-old son, J, is before this Court. Read the opinion

Children — CINA — Tender Years Statute This appeal arises from an order by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, sitting as a juvenile court, which adjudicated I.W. a child in need of assistance (“CINA”), and placed him in the ...

Custody and visitation — Parental rights — Jurisdiction This is the third appeal by appellant Mark Robert Michael Wozar (“Father”) from an order by the Circuit Court for Harford County concerning his two sons with his former spouse, appellee Gayle ...

CINA — Neglect — Transfer of custody The Baltimore County Department of Social Services (“the Department”), an appellee, filed a petition to have J.S., an appellee, the minor child of K.R. (“Mother”), appellant, and L.S. (“Father”), an appellee, declared a ...

Visitation — CINA — Permanency plan This appeal arises from an order of the Circuit Court for Howard County, sitting as a juvenile court, that indefinitely eliminated all in-person visitation between two parents and their three children. Read the opinion

Custody — Best interests — Supervised visitation Appellant, L.Q. (“Mother”), and appellee, A.A. (“Father”), are the parents of one minor child, “A”. Mother appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County overruling her exceptions, and granting, ...