Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Hong Kong’s top court ruled Tuesday that the government should provide a framework for recognizing same-sex partnerships, in a landmark decision for the city’s LGBTQ+ community. The ruling did not grant full marriage rights to same-sex couples but was a ...

A Utah woman who gave online parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel was charged Friday with six felony counts of aggravated child abuse after two of her six children were found abused and malnourished, authorities said. Ruby Franke, whose ...

The Maryland Supreme Court Wednesday upheld a postnuptial agreement that required the ex-husband to pay his former wife $7 million after he engaged in adultery. In an opinion by Justice Michele D. Hotten, the high court held that spouses may allocate ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A couple seeking a no-fault divorce under Va. Code § 20-91(A)(9) “is not required to show that either party continuously maintained, throughout the statutory period, an intent to separate permanently,” the Court of Appeals of Virginia has ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Appellate judges have revived a couple’s lawsuit that alleges a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency wouldn’t help them because they are Jewish and argues that a Tennessee law protecting such denials is unconstitutional. Last week a three-judge panel ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A circuit court properly sanctioned a family law attorney who issued a witness subpoena to his client’s former counsel who couldn’t testify without violating the attorney-client privilege, a panel of the Court of Appeals of Virginia has ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In 2004, when Michael Oher was a coveted college football recruit, the 18-year-old high schooler agreed in court to allow the Memphis couple he lived with to make decisions for him about signing contracts and any medical ...

What to do about the resistant child, the youngster who is fighting contact with one parent in a divorce case and who poses challenges for the attorneys representing former spouses as they sort out custody issues? How do you recognize ...

Retirement benefits that accrue during a marriage constitute marital property, but the account holder still has the right to control and take from them during the marriage, including using them to pay his or her own reasonable attorney fees and ...

Domestic violence continues to create challenges for advocacy for children in in both family law and juvenile law cases. In Maryland, the court hears 2,000-3,000 requests for protective and peace orders every month.  https://www.courts.state.md.us/eservices/dvmonthlypublicreports. Those statistics show that domestic violence ...