"What mom’s feeding Johnny for dinner, and the sports gear not coming back and forth from house to house" — there’s a better way to handle these types of issues, Paul Reinstein says, though not enough people know enough to take advantage of it.

Accusations of sexual abuse by a parent can be judged under a “preponderance of evidence” standard in visitation cases even if all visitation is denied, the Court of Special Appeals has held. The Court of Appeals left the question open in a footnote several years ago when it decided Volodarsky v. Tarachanskaya, 397 Md. 291 (2007).

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

Given the mother’s history of abusing daughter, daughter’s reaction to testifying against mother and mother’s lengthy involvement with DSS, the circuit court acted well within its discretion when it responded to daughter’s anxiety about resuming overnight visits by suspending those visits, while otherwise continuing unsupervised visits and the permanency plan of reunification.

Divorce: Custody and visitation: Alimony CSA Nos. 2219, Sept. Term 2013 and 0007, Sept. Term 2014. Unreported. Opinion by Eyler, D.S., J. Filed Sept. 24, 2014. Appeal from Baltimore City. Affirmed.

Visitation: Suspension of rights: Protracted duration CSA No. 0916, Sept. Term 2013. Unreported. Opinion by Zarnoch, J. Filed: May 30, 2014 Appeal from Montgomery County. Reversed in part.

Visitation: expected relocation: effect on child support CSA No. 1701, Sept. Term 2013. Unreported. Opinion by Berger, J., Filed: May 13, 2014 Appeal from Anne Arundel County. Vacated in part and remanded.

CINA: visitation: interlocutory appeal CSA No. 1277, Sept. Term 2013. Unreported. Opinion by Arthur, J. Filed: May 13, 2014 Appeal from Cecil County. Vacated and remanded.

Visitation: Attorney's fees: Lack of substantial justification for proceeding CSA Nos. 0756 & 1679, Sept. Term 2012. Unreported. Opinion by Eyler, J.R., J. (Retired, Specially Assigned). Filed: April 21, 2014. Appeal from Montgomery County. Affirmed.

Visitation: Sibling visitation rights: Parental fitness or exceptional circumstances CoA No. 15, Sept. Term 2013. Reported. Opinion by Battaglia, J.; Greene and Adkins, JJ., dissent. Filed March 27, 2014. Petition for certiorari from Court of Special Appeals. Affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded to Carroll County Circuit Court.