Custody: Modification: Material change in circumstance CSA No. 0751, Sept. Term 2013. Unreported. Opinion by Nazarian, J. Filed: May 30, 2014. Appeal from Montgomery County. Reversed in part, vacated in part and remanded.

Baltimore County grandparents cannot fight for custody of their grandson in Maryland courts based on his mother’s quickly abandoned plan to move here, the Court of Special Appeals has held.

While a pot plant in the basement may no longer carry criminal charges in many states, it can still become a piece of evidence in child custody or abuse cases, according to an AP report. “The legal standard is always ...

An Ohio teenager had no due-process right to attend arguments when her parents fought over custody, that state's highest court has held. The majority found it was a matter within the juvenile court's discretion.

CSA No. 1394, Sept. Term 2013 Opinion by Krauser, C.J. REPORTED. Filed: May 28, 2014 Appeal from Baltimore County. Affirmed. Custody: UCCJEA: Home state

Custody: Exchange of physical custody: Contempt CSA No. 0389, Sept. Term 2013. Unreported. Opinion by Kehoe, J. Filed: April 29, 2014. Appeal from Montgomery County. Affirmed.

Custody: Dismissal of petition: Request for hearing CSA No. 0473, Sept. Term 2013. Unreported. Opinion by Meredith, J. Filed March 27, 2014. Appeal from Baltimore City. Affirmed.

Custody: Modification: Children’s preference CSA No. 1974, Sept. Term 2012. Unreported. Opinion by Moylan, Charles E., Jr., retired, spec. assigned. Filed March 21, 2014. Appeal from Baltimore City. Affirmed.

Although increasing numbers of states are legalizing same-sex marriage, the majority of states still do not have laws that permit same-sex marriage to take place within their state. The result is that any given same-sex marriage will be treated inconsistently on a national level.

Custody: Voluntary separation agreement: Contempt CSA No. 2587, Sept. Term 2012. Unreported. Opinion by Graeff, J. Filed Dec. 19, 2013. Appeal from Montgomery County. Affirmed.