Section 9-105 – Unjustifiable Denial or Interference With Visitation Granted by Order
In any custody or visitation proceeding, if the court determines that a party to a custody or visitation order has unjustifiably denied or interfered with visitation granted by a custody or visitation order, the court may, in addition to any other remedy available to the court and in a manner consistent with the best interests […]
Section 9-106 – Notification Prior to Relocation of Child
(a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in any custody or visitation proceeding the court may include as a condition of a custody or visitation order a requirement that either party provide advance written notice of at least 90 days to the court, the other party, or both, of the intent to relocate […]
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 […]
Section 8-211 – Family Home; Family Use Personal Property — Not Evidence of Constructive Desertion
An order, award, or decree under §§ 8-207 through 8-209 of this subtitle may not be considered as evidence of constructive desertion.