Queen Annes County, MD Child Custody Lawyers

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Kevin Matthew Joyce

Litigation, Divorce & Family Law, Criminal, Accident & Injury
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  16 Years

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Patrick Joseph Palmer

Real Estate Other, Employment, Family Law, Civil Rights
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Jean Danielle Meta

Employment, Corporate, Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  24 Years

Holland Catherine Brownley

Federal Appellate Practice, Family Law, Divorce & Family Law, Criminal
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Daniel Dominic Rosendale

Family Law, Divorce & Family Law, Criminal, Consumer Bankruptcy
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  22 Years

Hon Thomas G Ross

Criminal, Family Law, Litigation
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  43 Years

Carla Lynn Knight

Lawsuit & Dispute, Estate, Family Law, Divorce & Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  25 Years

Jane Chace Miller

Criminal, Family Law, Dispute Resolution
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  37 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

PROVOCATION

The act of inciting another person to do a particular thing. In a fault divorce, provocation may constitute a defense to the divorce, preventing it from going t... (more...)
The act of inciting another person to do a particular thing. In a fault divorce, provocation may constitute a defense to the divorce, preventing it from going through. For example, if a wife suing for divorce claims that her husband abandoned her, the husband might defend the suit on the grounds that she provoked the abandonment by driving him out of the house.

ABANDONMENT (OF A CHILD)

A parent's failure to provide any financial assistance to or communicate with his or her child over a period of time. When this happens, a court may deem the ch... (more...)
A parent's failure to provide any financial assistance to or communicate with his or her child over a period of time. When this happens, a court may deem the child abandoned by that parent and order that person's parental rights terminated. Abandonment also describes situations in which a child is physically abandoned -- for example, left on a doorstep, delivered to a hospital or put in a trash can. Physically abandoned children are usually placed in orphanages and made available for adoption.

GUARDIANSHIP

A legal relationship created by a court between a guardian and his ward--either a minor child or an incapacitated adult. The guardian has a legal right and duty... (more...)
A legal relationship created by a court between a guardian and his ward--either a minor child or an incapacitated adult. The guardian has a legal right and duty to care for the ward. This may involve making personal decisions on his or her behalf, managing property or both. Guardianships of incapacitated adults are more typically called conservatorships .

CENSUS

An official count of the number of people living in a certain area, such as a district, city, county, state, or nation. The United States Constitution requires ... (more...)
An official count of the number of people living in a certain area, such as a district, city, county, state, or nation. The United States Constitution requires the federal government to perform a national census every ten years. The census includes information about the respondents' sex, age, family, and social and economic status.

POT TRUST

A trust for children in which the trustee decides how to spend money on each child, taking money out of the trust to meet each child's specific needs. One impor... (more...)
A trust for children in which the trustee decides how to spend money on each child, taking money out of the trust to meet each child's specific needs. One important advantage of a pot trust over separate trusts is that it allows the trustee to provide for one child's unforeseen need, such as a medical emergency. But a pot trust can also make the trustee's life difficult by requiring choices about disbursing funds to the various children. A pot trust ends when the youngest child reaches a certain age, usually 18 or 21.

STIRPES

A term used in wills that refers to descendants of a common ancestor or branch of a family.

QUALIFIED MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT ORDER (QMSCO)

A court order that provides health benefit coverage for the child of the noncustodial parent under that parent's group health plan.

BRIEF

A document used to submit a legal contention or argument to a court. A brief typically sets out the facts of the case and a party's argument as to why she shoul... (more...)
A document used to submit a legal contention or argument to a court. A brief typically sets out the facts of the case and a party's argument as to why she should prevail. These arguments must be supported by legal authority and precedent, such as statutes, regulations and previous court decisions. Although it is usually possible to submit a brief to a trial court (called a trial brief), briefs are most commonly used as a central part of the appeal process (an appellate brief). But don't be fooled by the name -- briefs are usually anything but brief, as pointed out by writer Franz Kafka, who defined a lawyer as 'a person who writes a 10,000 word decision and calls it a brief.'

CUSTODIAN

A term used by the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act for the person named to manage property left to a child under the terms of that Act. The custodian will manag... (more...)
A term used by the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act for the person named to manage property left to a child under the terms of that Act. The custodian will manage the property if the gift giver dies before the child has reached the age specified by state law -- usually 21. When the child reaches the specified age, he will receive the property and the custodian will have no further role in its management.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Janice M. v. Margaret K.

... Initially, the child's mother had primary custody. The mother was unable to continue as custodian, however, when she was sentenced to incarceration. ... 93 `(7) the stability and certainty as to the child's future in the custody of the parent.'. ...

Krebs v. Krebs

... RODOWSKY, J. This is an interstate child custody dispute involving jurisdiction to enter the initial custody order. ... II. "Did the trial court err when it found that Maryland had jurisdiction to make the child custody determination under the UCCJEA?". Facts and Procedural History. ...

Sigurdsson v. Nodeen

... On June 6, 2007, eleven months after the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County granted custody to the Nodeens, Mother filed, in the Circuit Court for Calvert County, a "Complaint for Modification of Child Custody Order." [1] The complaint named the Nodeens as defendants and ...