· 6/3/2009
Barrett v. Ayres
Citations
- 972 A.2d 905
- 186 Md. App. 1
- 2009 Md. App. LEXIS 68
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding, in the context of a motion to modify visitation between a child and their grandparents filed by the child’s mother, that “the desire of a fit parent to modify visitation with a third party, [absent] exceptional circumstances, presents a material change in circumstances”
- The court generally presumes that a parent’s decision regarding visitation and custody by a third party is in the child’s best interest.
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Judges: Eyler, Woodward, Kenney
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