Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Divorce — Equities — Marital assets This is an appeal from a Judgment of Absolute Divorce, in which the Circuit Court for Montgomery County granted a monetary award in the amount of $23,188 in favor of the appellee, Semert Orma ...

Divorce — Alimony — Dissipation This appeal brings before us the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County’s judgment of divorce between Andrew Payne (“Husband”) and Laura Zywicki Payne (“Wife”) Read the opinion

Divorce — Grounds — 12-month separation The Circuit Court for Baltimore County entered an order of absolute divorce on the ground of a one-year separation. In the order, the court granted primary physical custody to the mother and ordered the ...

Divorce — Motion to dismiss — Subject matter jurisdiction On May 25, 2021, appellee, Felicitas Adedayo Taiwo (“Wife”), filed a complaint for absolute divorce in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County against appellant, Kizito Adetokunbo Taiwo (“Husband”). On August 20, ...

Divorce — Constructive civil contempt — Failure to comply with judgment obligations The Circuit Court for Caroline County held an unrepresented litigant in constructive civil contempt of court because of his failure to comply with his obligations in a judgment ...

Alimony — Motion to modify — Material change in circumstance This appeal stems from an order by the Circuit Court for Harford County, reducing Appellant’s indefinite alimony award of $4,000.00 per month to $3,000.00 per month. Read the opinion

Divorce — Attorneys’ fees — Reasonableness This marks the second appeal in a protracted dispute between appellant, Theresa Jordan, and appellee, Paul Nichols Romani, arising out of the parties’ divorce settlement agreement. After the Circuit Court for Montgomery County attended ...

Divorce — Marital property — Marital home The parties to this appeal, appellant, Bobbi Jo Hull (“Wife”), and appellee, Bradley Hull (“Husband”), appeared before the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County to litigate issues related to the dissolution of their ...

Alimony — Indefinite alimony — Change in circumstances This case is an appeal of an indefinite alimony award following the Appellant-husband, Gholam Motamedi, and Appellee-wife, Mina Adnani’s (collectively “the Parties”), divorce after a trial in the Circuit Court of Montgomery ...

Alimony — Rehabilitative alimony — Calculation Alan Crittenden filed a complaint for divorce in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County from his wife, Mariko Crittenden; she counterclaimed for divorce and related relief, and filed a separate complaint for child ...