MINNEAPOLIS – If you’ve spent any time litigating orders for protection, you know that one key element of a claim involves the timing of the alleged act of abuse. No matter which side of the case you found yourself on, ...

Groups providing free legal aid to indigent Marylanders battled the Hogan administration last week over legislation to provide state-paid lawyers to low-income litigants in protective order proceedings and to parents in contested custody and visitation litigation.

Domestic violence: Protective order: Appeal mooted by expiration Leonard D. Ross v. Felicia A. McDonald CSA No. 1113, Sept. Term 2012. Unreported. Opinion by Graeff, J. Filed: July 1, 2014. Appeal from Charles County. Dismissed.

Visitation: Protective order: Sufficiency of the evidence CSA No. 1435, September Term, 2012. Unreported. Opinion by Zarnoch, J. Filed Sept. 12, 2013. Appeal from Montgomery County. Affirmed.

Protective order: corporal punishment: failure to exercise discretion CSA No. 2158, Sept. Term 2012. Unreported. Opinion by Moylan, Charles E., Jr. (Retired, Specially Assigned) Filed July 22, 2013. Appeal from Carroll County. Vacated and remanded. 11 pages.

CoA No. 2, September Term 2007. Reported. Opinion by Bell, C.J. Appeal (certiorari) from Montgomery County Circuit Court. Reversed. 17 pages. Protective order: extension after term: time of hearing