Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Maryland is one of three states that don't give courts the authority to order someone into mandatory outpatient care..

Addiction does not discriminate; it affects people of all socioeconomic groups.

A judge voided a U.S. Marine's adoption of an Afghan war orphan, more than a year after he took the little girl away from the Afghan couple raising her.

A trial court’s decision to amend a judgment of divorce to equally split the marital portion of the wife’s pension with her ex-husband was not inequitable, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel has ruled. “Considering the totality of the facts ...

Victims of alleged domestic violence in North Carolina could testify remotely in criminal proceedings to avoid in-person run-ins with the accused in legislation the state Senate approved unanimously on Tuesday. The measure, which now goes to the House, is named ...

Teachers in North Dakota can still refer to transgender students by the personal pronouns they use, after lawmakers on Monday failed to override the governor’s veto of a controversial bill to place restrictions on educators. House lawmakers fell short of ...

Maryland’s top court has indefinitely suspended a Montgomery County lawyer for obstructing a contentious divorce case and making misleading statements about the proceedings to judges and opposing counsel. The lawyer, Richard L. Sloane, will be allowed to apply for reinstatement ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A Fairfax County judge has reconsidered his earlier finding and ruled that frozen embryos in a long-running divorce dispute can be sold under the state’s goods or chattels statute. Where the court previously ruled that a divorced ...

The Massachusetts Appeals Court has held that a provision in a couple’s separation agreement prohibiting any future sale or transfer of the marital home without the parties’ mutual consent was unenforceable. A Probate & Family Court judge had dismissed a ...

Germany’s constitutional court ruled Wednesday that a law banning child marriages needs to be amended because it removes the possibility of continuing a marriage once both spouses become adults. The German government passed the law in 2017 with the stated ...