Section 9.5-105 – Custody Determination Binding and Conclusive
(a) A child custody determination made by a court of this State that had jurisdiction under this title binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this State or notified in accordance with § 9.5-107 of this subtitle or who have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court, and who have […]
Section 9.5-106 – Questions of Jurisdiction Given Priority
If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this title is raised in a child custody proceeding, the question, on request of a party, shall be given priority on the calendar and handled expeditiously.
Section 9.5-107 – Notice for Exercise of Jurisdiction
(a) (1) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this State may be given in a manner prescribed by the law of this State for service of process or by the law of the state in which the service is made. (2) Notice shall be given in a manner reasonably calculated to give […]
Section 8-207 – Family Home; Family Use Personal Property — Determination; Order or Decree; Property Not Included
(a) In a proceeding for an annulment or a limited or absolute divorce, the court may determine which property is the family home and family use personal property: (1) before the court grants an annulment or a limited or absolute divorce; or (2) when the court grants an annulment or a limited or absolute divorce. (b) A preliminary or […]
Section 9-107 – Relevancy of Disability in Custody or Visitation Proceeding
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) (i) “Disability” means: 1. a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual’s major life activities; 2. a record of having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual’s major life activities; or 3. being regarded as having […]
Section 8-208 – Family Home; Family Use Personal Property — Award of Possession and Use; Standards; Order or Decree; Allocation of Financial Responsibilities
(a) (1) When the court grants an annulment or a limited or absolute divorce, regardless of how the family home or family use personal property is titled, owned, or leased, the court may: (i) decide that one of the parties shall have the sole possession and use of that property; or (ii) divide the possession and use of the […]
Section 9-108 – Custody or Visitation Order Based on Deployment of a Parent
(a) In this section: (1) “deployment” means compliance with military orders received by a member of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Guard, or any other Reserve component to report for combat operations or other active service for which the member is required to report unaccompanied by any family member or […]
Section 8-209 – Family Home; Family Use Personal Property — Power of Court Over Order or Decree
In a temporary or final order or decree, each provision that concerns the family home or family use personal property is subject, as the circumstances and justice may require, to: (1) the terms and conditions that the court sets; (2) the time limits that the court sets, subject to § 8-210 of this subtitle; and (3) modification or […]
Section 9-302 – Jurisdiction Over Custody and Visitation
(a) An equity court has jurisdiction over custody and visitation of a child who is removed from this State by a parent of the child, if: (1) the parents are separated or divorced and this State was: (i) the marital domicile of the parents; or (ii) the domicile in which the marriage contract was last performed; (2) 1 of the […]
Section 8-210 – Family Home; Family Use Personal Property — Termination of Order or Decree
(a) (1) In any order or decree, or any modification of an order or decree, a provision that concerns the family home or family use personal property shall terminate no later than 3 years after the date on which the court grants an annulment or a limited or absolute divorce. (2) The 3-year limitation set out in paragraph […]