Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A new law could reshape the way child dependency cases are handled in Washington state, potentially leading to more children staying with family members without those relatives being required to adopt them. Under the current practice, the ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida will create new grant programs to help fathers become more engaged with their children and children whose fathers aren’t in their home under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday. The Department of ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has become the first state to criminalize the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender people under age 19. In line with some other Republican-led states, legislators here also passed a law requiring ...

Where one party appealed from a circuit court order granting a motion to enforce a settlement agreement in a divorce case, the appeal was dismissed as premature because the circuit court had not entered a judgment on the agreement and ...

Where a mother allowed someone who sexually assaulted two minor children back into the house, the trial court did not err in finding the children in need of assistance, or CINA, and placing them with the Department of Social Services, ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Over 150 children in foster care in Virginia spent at least one night in “unsuitable sleeping arrangements” over a six-month period last year, Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Friday. In a news release, the governor announced he was ...

DETROIT, MI — It’s not always simple to co-parent with an ex-spouse or former partner. Often, the parents face litigation for years, attempting to determine the best custody and visitation plans. Children suffer due to these conflicts. In most cases, ...

RICHMOND, VA — Even though wife did not put her income and expense report into evidence, she established a need for spousal support through her testimony, which the circuit court found credible, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled. Overview ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine court system will assign retired judges to divorce proceedings to clear a growing backlog of more than 6,000 cases that have been delayed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The program began last week ...

ST. LOUIS, MO — A suburban Kansas City woman’s effort to claim title to a 10-acre family estate as marital property amid a divorce from her estranged husband was rejected by a Johnson County, Kansas, judge. Sarah Staten alleged that ...