On August 29, 2017 in Burak v. Burak, the highest court in Maryland decided that grandparents can request permission to participate in an existing an active custody case to request custody of a grandchild. This …
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Maryland Grandparent Custody & Visitation – Can I ask for custody during the parents’ custody case?
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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 occasions, …
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Maryland Grandparent Custody & Visitation – What are Exceptional Circumstances?
When a grandparent wants custody of or visitation with a child, the grandparent must prove either that the parents are unfit or that there are exceptional circumstances. Once proven, then the court can consider what …
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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 …
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Maryland Grandparent Custody & Visitation – What is parental unfitness?
On August 29, 2017, the highest court in Maryland decided a grandparent custody case, Burak v. Burak, and finally defined what makes parents unfit to have custody of their child(ren). While custody and visitation are, …
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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 …
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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 …
