Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 10/25/1994

North v. North

Citations

102 Md. App. 1
648 A.2d 1025
1994 Md. App. LEXIS 145

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concluding that the trial court abused its discretion by denying overnight visitation to a father based on his sexual orientation
holding that trial court abused its discretion in restricting HIV-positive, homosexual parent’s visitation rights to weekend daylight hours to prevent him from exposing children to his lifestyle
observing that a ruling that is “ ‘clearly against the logic and effect of facts and inferences before the court’ ” is an abuse of discretion
explaining that custody or visitation decisions are reviewed based on Rule 8-131(c)
stating that, for the court to have abused its discretion, “[t]he decision under consideration has to be well removed from any center mark imagined by the reviewing court and beyond the fringe of what that court deems minimally acceptable”
to be an abuse of discretion, a ruling must be \well removed from any center mark ... and beyond the fringe of what [is] minimally acceptable\

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Judges: Cathell, Murphy, Wilner

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