Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Conservatorship –Judgment proceeds — Minor children These consolidated appeals have their genesis in two “amended” petitions to appoint a conservator filed in the Circuit Court for Howard County by Grady Management, Inc. (“Grady”), Autumn Crest, LLC (“Autumn Crest”), and Steadfast ...

Child custody — Temporary custody order — Motion to dissolve Andrew P. (“Father”) filed, in the Circuit Court for Carroll County, an emergency petition to modify custody against Sarah S.M. (“Mother”) regarding the parties’ minor child, L.P. The court granted ...

Civil litigation — Remittitur — Motion to recalculate This is the third appeal in this Court relating to a lawsuit Ramez Ghazzaoui, appellant, brought against Carolina Chelle, appellee and his former spouse, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. ...

Child custody — Motion to modify — Need for a hearing This case involves a motion to modify custody filed by Charles Barnes (“Father”), appellant. The parties had reached an agreement as to custody of their minor child, but before ...

Torts: negligence: exculpatory agreement by parent CoA No. 99, Sept. Term 2012. Reported. Opinion by Battaglia, J.; Adkins and McDonald, JJ., dissent. Filed Nov. 27, 2013. Decision of Court of Special Appeals reversed.

Torts: Interference with parental rights and IIED: Sufficiency of pleadings CSA No. 1806, Sept. Term 2012. Unreported. Opinion by Wright, J. Filed Oct. 10, 2013. Appeal from Montgomery County. Affirmed.

CSA No. 560, Sept. Term, 2011. Reported. Opinion by Berger, J. Filed Nov. 27, 2012. 21 pages. Affirmed Torts: Intentional misrepresentation: Bigamy

Custody and visitation: intentional interference with visitation rights: issue preclusion CSA No. 2859, Sept. Term 2010. Unreported. Opinion by Thieme, Raymond G., Jr. (retired, specially assigned). Filed June 25, 2012. Appeal from Montgomery County.