Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child support — Life insurance policy — Requirement to maintain This case presents an obvious wrong that lacks an obvious remedy. There is no dispute that the late Melissa C. Krepps (“Mother”) and her husband, Benjamin L. Krepps (“Husband”), failed ...

Divorce — Marital property — Military pension When Verdena Jones-Hurt (“Wife”) and Walter Hurt (“Husband”), a veteran, divorced, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City included one-third of Husband’s military pension in the marital property award it ordered in Wife’s favor. ...

Divorce — Marital property — Postnuptial agreement We are asked to consider whether an agreement entered into during the course of a marriage made manifest by three deeds by which title was transferred to the wife, Ann McGeehan, Petitioner, by ...

Wills and trusts — Personal representative — Standing to annul decedent’s marriage on basis of fraud Appellant, Marguerite R. Morris, personal representative of the estate of her daughter, Katherine Sarah Morris, filed a pro se petition to annul Katherine’s marriage ...

Divorce — Marital share of retirement benefits — Failure to make request in pleadings Appellee, Lydia Huntley (“Lydia”), filed a Complaint for Absolute Divorce in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County after twenty-eight years of marriage to appellant, Charles Huntley ...

Divorce — Division of marital property — Anticipated Social Security benefits In this case, we address whether a trial judge has the authority to consider Social Security benefits, and whether a judge may offset those benefits against the marital portion ...

BOSTON — A husband and wife could not be compelled to engage in mediation at their own expense as a condition of their being permitted to file actions in the future to enforce or modify the terms of their divorce, ...

DETROIT — A divorced father had to get court approval or his ex-wife’s consent to relocate to a new home because, even though he moved less than 100 miles, the new home was more than 100 miles from his children’s ...

Divorce: Alimony: Unconscionable disparity CSA No. 2096, Sept. Term 2013. Reported. Opinion by Nazarian, J. Filed Oct. 30, 2014. Appeal from Anne Arundel County. Affirmed.

Divorce: Property Settlement: Posthumous QDRO Court of Appeals No. 0090, Sept. Term 2013. Reported. Opinion by McDonald, J. Filed July 18, 2014. Petition from Court of Special Appeals (Frederick County). Affirmed.