MATTINGLY v. SHIFFLETT

No. 74, September Term, 1991.

327 Md. 337 (1992)

609 A.2d 329

LINDA GAYLE MATTINGLY, ET VIR, v. KENNETH W. SHIFFLETT.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross A. Albert, argued and on brief (Karen L. Barr, James Robertson, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, on brief), Washington, D.C., for appellant.

John Dowling, Rober Teir, Washington, D.C., for the American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities, amicus curiae.

Barry J. Rosenthal, argued and on brief (Bromberg & Rosenthal, on brief), Rockville, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.


CHASANOW, Judge.

In August of 1989, Linda and Tom Mattingly married and moved into a Gaithersburg apartment. The Mattingly household included two children: Raymond B. Stoute, now 8 years old (the son of Linda's first husband); and Thomas V.K. Mattingly, now 5 years old. Within two months of the marriage, Linda Mattingly began a sexual relationship with Kenneth Shifflett, who lived in the apartment next door to the Mattinglys. Mrs. Mattingly admits that she and Mr...

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