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Family clients have many urgent concerns because family cases are complicated. But is every urgent issue an emergency in the Court's eyes? Short answer: No. What is an emergency depends both upon the Circuit Court's case management plan and the Judge hearing the...
In two prior posts, I discussed court and private custody evaluations. But a few of the other types of evaluations in contested custody cases are: Psychological Evaluations: A psychological evaluation provides a psychological profile of a parent, based on a parent...
In contested custody cases, there are many types of evaluations that the court can order or parties can agree to undergo in order to assess the fitness of the parents and the living and decision-making arrangements that suit the best interests of the children. These...
In contested custody cases, there are many types of evaluations that the court can order or parties can agree to undergo in order to assess the fitness of the parents and the living and decision-making arrangements that suit the best interests of the...
The 2017 Maryland legislative session saw an attempt to add Best Interest ("BIA") and Child Advocate Attorneys ("CAA") to the categories of domestic violence petitioners. Specifically, the proposed bill would have allowed BIAs and CAAs to file domestic violence...
A recent article in The Atlantic brings to mind the issues that may require an attorney (and the courts) to think differently about custody cases involving LGBTQ children. There are physical/residential custody implications if a parent and child are estranged or, to a...