Maryland Third Party Custody - Can I ask for custody during the parents' custody case?

Updated: January 2021 Third party custody is one of the fastest developing areas of Maryland law, seeing many major changes since 2016. This series of articles explores these developments and raises questions about where this area of the law is headi… Read More
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Customizing Your Case – Holidays

This post expands on earlier posts: What is Child Custody?, Customizing Your Case – Physical Custody & Parenting Time, Customizing Your Case – Legal Custody, and Customizing Your Case – Parenting Time Schedules. Holidays are special occ… Read More
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Maryland Third Party Custody - What are Exceptional Circumstances?

Updated: January 2021 Third party custody is one of the fastest developing areas of Maryland law, seeing many major changes since 2016. This series of articles explores these developments and raises questions about where this area of the law is headi… Read More
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Maryland Child Support - What is retroactive child support?

When a parent files for child support, the date of filing starts the clock on the child’s right to child support. Retroactive child support is the right to child support from the date of filing a request with the court until a child support ord… Read More
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Maryland Third Party Custody - What is parental unfitness?

Updated: January 2021 Third party custody is one of the fastest developing areas of Maryland law, seeing many major changes since 2016. This series of articles explores these developments and raises questions about where this area of the law is headi… Read More
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Maryland Child Support - When can a court order a parent to provide income or employment-related information?

In a recent Court of Appeals case, Burak v. Burak, the opinion mentions in passing that the trial court ordered an unemployed parent to provide information, to the child support recipient, about attempts to obtain employment every 60 days after the c… Read More
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Customizing Your Case – Parenting Time Schedules

This post expands on earlier posts: What is Child Custody?, Customizing Your Case – Physical Custody & Parenting Time, and Customizing Your Case – Legal Custody. Physical custody involves where a child lives, when a child spends time with… Read More
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