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When the Court of Special Appeals affirmed the Termination of Parental Rights order, it rendered the CINA appeal moot. (In re Karl H. distinguished).

What distinguishes this case is the presumptive father's relationship to the mother -- or rather, their extreme lack of relationship. They have not even seen each other in a decade, during which the mother had four more children -- all presumed to be her estranged husband's.

The “Proposed Findings and Order” of the juvenile court, directing that Dustin R. should continue to receive services for his developmental disabilities once he turned 21, was not a final order from which an appeal could be taken

Family Law §9-106 allows a court to include, in a custody or visitation order, a requirement of written notice of the intent to relocate at least 90 days in advance; however, the law does not impose such a requirement where the court never ordered it.

Given the conflicting evidence at trial, the court was not clearly erroneous in rejecting wife’s claim of constructive desertion; the judge considered the testimony of wife and her adult children regarding husband’s alleged resumption of drugs and alcohol and the effect it had on his behavior and mood, but was not persuaded that his actions put wife in such fear for her health, safety and self-respect that she could not remain in the marriage.

The circuit properly found a gross disparity in the couple’s standards of living would justify an award of indefinite alimony, but, in determining the amount, failed to give adequate consideration to appellant’s future housing expenditures and the fact that appellee would no longer be paying the mortgage.

Melissa Chappell-White has filed an appeal from orders of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County denying her petitions to hold her former spouse, Robert Harris, in contempt of court.

This case arises from an order entered by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County on October 2, 2013, granting Marc S. Moskowitz’s (“Father”) Motion for Modification of Child Support payments to Fran R. Moskowitz (“Mother”). Mother filed a timely appeal on November 1, 2013. Father filed a cross-appeal on November 12, 2013.

Father and Mother were married in Russia on July 12, 1998. After immigrating to the United States, the couple had twin daughters, Anastasia and Catherine, born June 28, 2002. Mother filed for absolute divorce on March 2, 2012, in the circuit court, citing a 12-month separation. She requested alimony, child support, and sole physical and legal custody of the children with visitation for Father.