Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child custody — Visitation via telephone — Obstruction by custodial parent Moussa Moaadel (“M. Moaadel”) comes again before this Court asserting error related to an ongoing custody dispute with his children’s mother, Daria Moaadel (“D. Moaadel”). Read the opinion

Child custody — Motion by best interest attorney — Participation in Boy Scouts This appeal arises from an emergency hearing in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in a contested divorce case. The Motion for Emergency Hearing was filed by ...

Estates and trusts — Trustee — Breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference with expected inheritance Leslie Kidner and Christopher Watson, appellants, filed a complaint against Tracey Watson, appellee, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, which alleged eight causes ...

CINA — Change in permanency plan — Reunification with mother to adoption by non-relative This is a Child in Need of Assistance (CINA) case involving an eight-year-old child (H.J.). The appeal is by the child’s mother (Mother) from an Order ...

Divorce — Marital settlement agreement — Validity of addendum Casey Gaines (“Husband”) and Kindra Gaines (“Wife”) were married in 2008 and separated in 2018. The parties attached a Marital Settlement Agreement (“MSA”) to their complaint for divorce filed in February ...

Child custody — Visitation — Best interests of child This case involves a custody dispute originating in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. M.Y. (“Mother”) filed a complaint for limited divorce against L.G. (“Father”) on April 30, 2013. Read ...

Child support — Right to due process — Restraint on personal liberty In 2012, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County entered an order requiring Shane Seay, appellant, to make monthly child support payments. In 2020, Mr. Seay filed a ...

Final protective order — Sufficiency of evidence — Police officer testimony On March 5, 2021, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County held a Protective Order Hearing between the petitioner, Xochitl Gamez (“Mother”), and the respondent, David Lopez (“Father”). Read the ...

CINA — Hearsay — Content of public records The Circuit Court for Montgomery County, sitting as a juvenile court, granted the first amended petition of the Montgomery Department of Health and Human Services (“the Department”) and ordered that N. R.-P. ...

Child support — Attorney’s fees — Financial status of each party In this appeal from a domestic family action in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Daniel E. Lewis, appellant, challenges the court’s award of attorney’s fees to Marie ...