Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Estates and trusts — Inheritance provisions — Statute of limitations Following the death of his father, M. Abraham Ahmad (“Abraham”) brought suit against his mother and siblings, seeking to have his father’s revocable trust declared invalid and his father’s estate ...

Estates and trusts — Straw purchaser — Sufficiency of evidence The Circuit Court for Prince George’s County entered a judgment granting relief to the Estate of Waltraut Ciccone (“the Estate”), appellee and cross appellant, in a case in which the ...

Estates and trusts — Release of claims — Petition to caveat In litigation arising from an unauthorized transfer of her elderly father’s assets, a daughter executed a broad, general release of all “claims, actions, causes of action, demands, rights,” etc. ...

Estates and trusts — Petition for supplemental inventory — Abuse of discretion In these consolidated appeals, we consider three judgments rendered by the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore County in the Estate of Fred Fereidoun Mirmiran. The appellant and cross-appellee is ...

Estates and trusts — Attorney’s fees — Interim fees In these consolidated appeals, we consider three judgments rendered by the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore County in the Estate of Fred Fereidoun Mirmiran. The appellant and cross-appellee is Sheilah F. Brous, ...

Estates and trusts — Fraudulent codicil — Motion to dismiss Charlene R. Stafford, appellant, and Philip Al-Mateen, appellee, are both children of Sylvia Stafford, who passed away in 1997. In March 2020, appellant filed a complaint in the Circuit Court ...

Estates and trusts — Trustee — Breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference with expected inheritance Leslie Kidner and Christopher Watson, appellants, filed a complaint against Tracey Watson, appellee, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, which alleged eight causes ...

Estates and trusts — Estate administration — Standing Appellants, Oxana Parikh and Namish Parikh, are no strangers to this Court, as they have filed no less than ten appeals relating to the estate of Dr. Dinesh O. Parikh. In this ...

Estates and trusts — Statute of Frauds — Testimony of disgruntled heir After a lengthy bench trial, the Circuit Court for Baltimore County found that James J. Dasher, appellant, had entered into a binding agreement with his wife, Edith B. ...

Estates and trusts — Claim for services rendered by decedent’s daughter — Presumption of gratuitous service Kelly Brown, appellant, appeals from an order issued by the Orphan’s Court for Montgomery County denying her petition for allowance of claim that was ...