Maryland is home to thousands of military families and hosts 11 military bases. For military families or individuals going through custody proceedings, the process can require additional considerations that civilian families do not have to contemplate. To address custody considerations ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — In In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of J.H., Parent, the Minnesota Court of Appeals, in an opinion filed Nov. 1, affirmed the Cass County District Court’s termination of father’s rights. While many of ...

ST. LOUIS, MO — The Court of Appeals Eastern District on Tuesday affirmed a ruling giving a man sole custody of his stepdaughter, prompting a lengthy dissent that disagreed with almost everything done in the case except the result. The ...

Legislation to allow courts to strip rights from a parent who conceived a child through non-consensual intercourse failed in the General Assembly again this year, as did a push to ban marriage for anyone younger than 18. Cross-filed bills which ...

A Maryland court cannot modify an out-of-state custody order if Maryland is not the child’s home state, even where the custodial parent has unilaterally removed the child from the country, the Court of Special Appeals has held. The state’s intermediate ...

A man who signed affidavits of parentage identifying himself as the father of twin boys urged the state’s top court Friday to find that he is entitled to a paternity test, claiming he did not know he might not be ...

BOSTON — The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that the state child welfare agency acted legally when it denied a couple’s application to become foster parents because they spanked their children. Gregory and Melanie Magazu said they use corporal ...

INDIANAPOLIS  — The Indiana Supreme Court is weighing a case in which a man lost custody of his daughter after child-welfare officials feared his mentally ill wife might harm the child. The justices heard arguments Thursday in the dispute in ...

From parenting plans to financial arrangements, there are many ways to ensure that the welfare of a special-needs child will be prioritized.

Child custody and support: legal vs. physical custody: matters not before the court CSA No. 237, September Term, 2011. Unreported. Opinion by Woodward, J. Filed Jan. 10, 2012.