Elliocot City, Maryland family law lawyers represented the parties in a child custody dispute.

The parties married in June 2016. They had two children during the course of their marriage: J.C., a son born in 2013, and C.C., a daughter born in 2017. In October 2021, Ms. Coleman, along with the minor children, moved out of the marital home in Columbia, Maryland. On November 2, 2021, she fil... More...    $0 (04-10-2025 - MD)

Upper Marlboro, Maryland family law lawyers represent the parties in a divorce (dissolution of Marriage) case.

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Mother... More...    $0 (04-11-2025 - MD)

Mother and Father are the parents of a minor child ("Child"). In July 2018, the circuit court entered an order establishing a custody arrangement for the Child and ordering Father to pay child support.

Five years later, in July 2023, Father filed a Mo... More...    $0 (07-23-2024 - MD)

Joshua Shonubi Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Visa and Marriage Fraud More...    $0 (04-18-2024 - MD)

Baltimore, Maryland civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on an employment discrimination theory.


In this employment discrimination case, plaintiff Madeline Morey filed suit against defendants "Carroll County Government" and the "Carroll County Board of Commissioners" (collectively, "Carroll County" or the "County"). ECF 1.1 In a First Amended Complaint (ECF 1... More...    $0 (05-03-2018 - MD)

In this case we are called upon to decide whether the Establishment Clause is violated when a local government displays and maintains on public property a 40-foot tall Latin cross, established in memory of soldiers who died in World War I. The district court determined that such government action does not run afoul of the Establishment Clause because the cross has a secular purpose, it neither adv... More...    $0 (10-24-2017 - MD)

In May 2009, Appellant married Ms. AVC, a single mother of two boys. The older of the boys, JEV, was born in September 2005 and the younger, JAV, was born in January 2008. In November 2009, Ms. AVC, the two boys, and Appellant moved into quarters at the base where he was assigned. In December 2011—while Appellant was deployed overseas—JEV and JAV began to fight in their on-base housing. JEV co... More...    $0 (01-09-2016 - MD)

Over the course of Appellant’s first four years in the Air Force, he was engaged in multiple tumultuous relationships, three of which resulted in charges in this case. In 2009, about a year after joining the Air Force, Appellant married KM, a woman from his hometown. KM served on active duty for a short period of time but was medically retired due to issues with her hips that developed during in... More...    $0 (11-14-2015 - MD)

On April 15, 2014, FedFirst and CB Financial announced that the two corporations
had executed a merger agreement that, if approved by the stockholders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of stock, would result in the merger of FedFirst and CB Financial.2 The
merger agreement provided that FedFirst shareholders would receive either $23.00 in cash
or 1.1590 shares of CB Fina... More...    $0 (11-09-2015 - MD)

Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Woman Pleads Guilty to Food Stamp and Medicaid Fraud

Received Over $95,000 in Fraudulent Food Stamp and Medicaid Benefits

Tiffany Saunders Carraway, age 34, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to theft of government property arising from a scheme to falsify her income and living arrangements to illegally obtain food stamp and Medicaid benefits.

The gui... More...    $0 (09-29-2015 - MD)

This case involves the interpretation of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Sections 9.5-101 to 9.5-318 of the Family Law Article, Maryland Code (1984, 2006 Repl. Vol.).1 Peter Paul Toland, Jr.,2 Appellant, challenges the Circuit Court for Montgomery County’s determination that a Japanese decree providing guardianship of his minor child to the child’s grandmother, Akik... More...    $0 (05-22-2012 - MD)

Marjorie Gayle Hendrix, the appellant, was injured in an automobile accident caused by Charles Robert Burns, one of the appellees. In the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Mrs. Hendrix sued Mr. Burns and Candice Marie Burns, his wife, the other appellee, alleging battery and negligence against Mr. Burns and negligent entrustment against Mrs. Burns.

Mrs. Hendrix prayed a jury trial. Before... More...    $0 (03-29-2012 - MD)

Presented here are claims asserted under the Wrongful Death Statute, Maryland Code (1974, 2006 Repl. Vol.), §§ 3-901 through 3-904 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (CJ). The plaintiffs are the widow of the decedent and the adult children of her marriage with the decedent. They did not identify in their complaint, or notify, a stepson whom the decedent had adopted during a prior mar... More...    $0 (05-03-2012 - MD)

Appellant, Jessica Port, and Appellee, Virginia Anne Cowan, married in California in 2008. Approximately two years later, Port and Cowan agreed mutually to separate. Port filed ultimately a divorce complaint, on the ground of voluntary separation, in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (at the time, she was a resident of the County). Cowan answered the complaint in a “no contestâ€� ma... More...    $0 (05-18-2012 - MD)

This case involves the validity of a method used by Maryland, in the administration of an aspect of its public welfare program, to reconcile the demands of its needy citizens with the finite resources available to meet those demands. Like every other State in the Union, Maryland participates in the Federal Aid to Families



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With Dependent Children (AFDC program,... More...    $0 (05-18-1970 - MD)

On June 4, 2009 appellant, Richard Ramlall, filed a complaint against appellees, MobilePro Corp. and CloseCall America, Inc., in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County seeking damages of $144,999.99 for breach of contract. On May 18, 2010 the circuit court granted MobilePro’s motion for summary judgment, and following a bench trial on July 14, 2010 the circuit court granted CloseCall’s motion... More...    $0 (10-28-2011 - MD)

On September 23, 2008, appellants, Giuseppina, Tom, and David Muti, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, naming appellee, University of Maryland Medical System Corporation (“UMMSâ€�), as the sole defendant and claiming three counts of wrongful death and one count of medical negligence as a survival action. On August 31, 2009, appellee moved to dismiss appellants’ wrongful... More...    $0 (02-04-2011 - MD)

Appellants, The George Wasserman and Janice Wasserman Goldsten Family Limited Liability Company (“WGFâ€�) and Anthony Tanzi, as Trustee of the Lisa W. Gill Trust (“Gill Trustâ€�), are partners in five real estate investment general partnerships and members in two real estate investment LLCs (collectively, the “investment vehiclesâ€�). Appellees are Jack Kay (“Mr. Kayâ€�), the managing memb... More...    $0 (02-09-2011 - MD)

This is the second appeal in a successful action by Robert and Suzanne Cochran (“the Cochrans�), the appellants, against Griffith Energy Services, Inc., t/a Ewing Oil (“Griffith�), the appellee, for damages caused by a fuel oil spill in the Cochrans’ home. The primary issue now in dispute is the amount of post-judgment interest the Cochrans are entitled to receive.

A jury in the C... More...    $0 (03-31-2010 - MD)

In this case we interpret Section 4-105(4) of Md. Code (1974, 2001 R epl. Vo l.) Estates & Trusts Article (“ETâ€�), which directs that provisions in a will “relating to the spouseâ€� be revoked upon divorce from that person. We hold that the automatic revocation provision of ET Section 4-105(4) is not limited to bequ ests to a former spouse, and may include bequests to a former spouse’s fami... More...    $0 (01-29-2010 - MD)

The notion of alimony totally disconnected from a divorce, albeit a practice boasting a venerable pedigree, has become at least quaintly anachronistic, if not actually vestigial, in 21st Century Maryland. Just such a self-contained grant of alimony, however, is what we are urged to hold survived the shipwreck of a divorce proceeding in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County on January 9, 200... More...    $0 (11-25-2009 - MD)

In June 2006, Albert Snyder instituted this diversity action in the District of Maryland against Westboro Baptist Church, Incorporated (the "Church"), and several of its members (collectively, the "Defendants"). Snyder’s lawsuit is predicated on two related events: a protest the Defendants conducted in Maryland near the funeral of Snyder’s son Matthew (an enlisted Marine who tragically died in... More...    $0 (10-03-2009 - MD)

In June 2006, Albert Snyder instituted this diversity action in the District of Maryland against Westboro Baptist Church, Incorporated (the "Church"), and several of its members (collectively, the "Defendants"). Snyder’s lawsuit is predicated on two related events: a protest the Defendants conducted in Maryland near the funeral of Snyder’s son Matthew (an enlisted Marine who tragically died in... More...    $0 (09-25-2009 - MD)

We are asked in this case to decide whether an inter vivos transfer, in which a deceased spouse reta ined control over the transferred property during his lifetime, constitutes a per se violation of the surviving spouse’s statutory, elective right to a percentage of the deceased spouse’s net estate under Maryland Code (1974, 2001 Repl. Vol., 2008 Cum. Supp.), Estates and Trusts Article, § 3-2... More...    $0 (11-12-2008 - MD)

The litigation underlying this appeal arose out of the dispute between the two equal owners of two hotels and a condominium in Ocean City, Maryland. The appellee, Edward J. Dyas, Jr. (Dyas), was the plaintiff below. One of the appellants, Joseph M. Della Ratta (Della Ratta), was a defendant below. We shall refer to Della Ratta and Dyas collectively as "the Developers."

The earliest of their... More...    $0 (12-03-2008 - MD)

The issue presented to the Court by this case is whether a condominium council of unit owners, which under Md. Code, Real Property Article, § 11-109(d) (2003 & Supp. 2008) “may be either incorporated as a nonstock corporation or unincorporated,â€� has standing to file and maintain a lawsuit during the time its corporate charter was forfeit. The Circuit Court for Worcester County, entering summa... More...    $0 (12-22-2008 - MD)

The issue in this case is whether a cause of action for intentional interference with custody and visitation rights is sustainable by a father, Michael Shannon, against his former wife, Nermeen Khalifa Shannon, and her mother, Afaf Nassar Khalifa ("Appellants"), both of whom fled to Egypt with the couple's two minor children, who remain there. Appellants moved to dismiss the father's complaint... More...    $3017500 (04-11-2008 - MD)

In this appeal, we address whether an Illinois organization subjected itself to personal jurisdiction in Maryland by operating an Internet website that allegedly infringed the trademark rights of a Maryland insurance company. Carefirst of Maryland ("Carefirst") accuses Chicago-based Carefirst Pregnancy Centers, Inc. ("CPC") of selecting the name CAREFIRST, despite having notice both of Car... More...    $0 (07-02-2003 - MD)

In Ross v. Hoffman, 280 Md. 172, 372 A.2d 582 (1977), we announced standards and guidelines for the judicial resolution of child custody disputes between the child’s parent and someone who is not the child’s pa rent – a third party. Synthesizing holdings and statements from earlier cases, we made clear, first, that “ the best in teres t of th e child standard is always ... More...    $0 (01-08-2003 - MD)