Maryland Third Party Custody - What is parental unfitness?

September 14th, 2017
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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Categories: Children & Custody, Frequently Asked Questions, Legal Developments
Tags: Children, Grandparent Custody, Grandparent Rights, Grandparent Visitation, Parents, Unfitness

Burak v. Burak - Grandparent Custody - Court of Appeals's Oral Argument

June 27th, 2017
On June 2, 2017, Maryland’s Court of Appeals (“CoA”) heard oral argument in Burak v. Burak. Video link: http://www.courts.state.md.us/…/2016/coa20170602caseno97.mp4 The CoA is considering three questions: 1) May grandparents inter… Read More
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Categories: Children & Custody, Legal Developments
Tags: Appeal, Exceptional Circumstances, Grandparent Custody, Polyamorous, Unfitness