Fedor Karmanov v. Iuliia Vysotina

Rockville, Maryland family law lawyers represented man and woman in a protective order dispute.

Husband and Wife, both natives of Russia, married in February 2022. They have one child together, a daughter born in August 2023 ("Child"). At the time of the December 2023 incident leading to the filing, by both parties, of the protective orders at issue here, Husband was forty-eight years old and Wife twenty-six years old. Husband, who speaks fluent English, works from home as a software engineer for NIH. He also has two side businesses he runs from the home. Husband had resided in the United States for about thirteen years and his marriage to Wife was his fifth marriage, the previous four ending in divorce. Wife relocated from Russia to the United States to marry Husband. At the time of the protective order hearings, Wife was unemployed, did not speak English, had no relatives in the United States, and was Child's primary caretaker.



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Karmanov v. Vysotina, 2268-2023, 2278-2023 (Md. App. Oct 17, 2024)

Affirmed