BLUCHER v. EKSTROM

No. 249, September Term, 1986.

68 Md. App. 459 (1986)

513 A.2d 923

AUDREY BLUCHER v. DORIS JEAN EKSTROM.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

September 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Dolina (Thomas G. Bodie and Power & Mosner, on the brief), Towson, for appellant.

Charles E. Stoner, Westminster, for appellee.

Argued before GILBERT, C.J., and BISHOP and KARWACKI, JJ.


GILBERT, Chief Judge.

There is, as far as we know, no legal maxim that states, "Si causam actionis non potes invenire, causam excognite" (If there is no cause of action, invent one), but in today's litigious society the apothegm should exist because that seems to be the order of the day. The instant case is illustrative of the point. Specifically, we are asked to declare that the statutory duty on an adult child to support a destitute parent creates a concomitant...

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