The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is proposing a six-month expiration of parental consent for minor indoor tanning. The agency released the proposal for public comment Monday. Current state regulations allow parents to set a date on which ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Maryland father’s bid to regain custody of his 9-year-old daughter, who has lived her whole life in Japan, following the death of the girl’s mother.

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A man who claims he impregnated his girlfriend while she was separated from her husband has no right to a paternity test, Maryland’s top court held Wednesday. William Corbett was seeking visitation rights with the child born to Amy Mulligan, ...

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FREDERICK — A former Frederick County sheriff’s deputy has a January trial date on charges he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl. Forty-six-year-old Sam Bowman of New Market had a pretrial conference Monday afternoon in Frederick. He faces three counts of ...

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A federal jury in Greenbelt has returned a $3 million verdict partially in favor of a Washington, D.C., lawyer who accused Montgomery County police officers of unlawfully arresting him in his home and taking away his young daughter. On Thursday, ...

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BOSTON — A child conceived through in vitro fertilization six years after her father’s death is not entitled to survivors’ benefits under the Social Security Act, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming judgment. The plaintiff’s ...

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Calling a child’s best interests “transcendent,” Maryland’s top court has ordered a Baltimore juvenile court to reconsider its decision allowing a mother with a history of neglect to retain parental rights. The Court of Appeals said the lower court “erroneously” ...

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