Guardian ad Litem’s No More – The New Best Interest Attorney
(Published in Montgomery County Women’s Bar Association Museletter)
In the recent Court of Appeals’ decision in Fox v. Wills, 390 Md. 620, 890 A.2d 726 (2006), the Court held that attorneys for minor children are not entitled to any kind of immunity from malpractice actions. As [...]

Case Notes:
GRANDPARENT VISITATION
(Visitation Standard is Custody Standard)
Koshko v. Haining, No. 35, Sept. Term 2006, 2007 Md. Lexis 10
Section of Family & Juvenile Law Newsletter, May 2007
On January 12, 2007, the Court of Appeals essentially eliminated the grandparent visitation rights that have existed for twenty (20) years in Maryland (thankfully, after my grandparent visitation trial on [...]

Maryland Court Restricts Grandparents Rights
In 1984, the Maryland Legislature recognized the importance of grandparent visitation and enacted a Grandparent Visitation Statute to afford grandparents reasonable visitation in the best interests of the children. For more than twenty (20) years, Maryland Courts have afforded grandparents reasonable visitation with their grandchildren when it serves the grandchildren’s [...]

Parent Coordination: The New Trend 
(Published in Bar Bulletin 9/02)
by Donna Nicholson Ersek
In the battle to help deal with high conflict families, there is a new trend emerging – appointing mental health professionals to act as Parent Coordinators. While Courts have been appointing therapists to help assist families for years, the concept of labeling therapists as [...]