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CALHOUN v. EAGAN

No. 1723, Sept. Term, 1995.

681 A.2d 609 (1996)

111 Md. App. 362

John C. CALHOUN v. James K. EAGAN, Guardian of the Property and Next Friend of Laura M. Calhoun and Kevin J. Calhoun, Minors.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

August 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emile J. Henault, Jr., Glen Burnie, for Appellant.

Gary S. Peklo, Ellicott City, for Appellee.

Argued before HARRELL, HOLLANDER and EYLER, JJ.

HOLLANDER, Judge.

This case requires us to examine the doctrine of parent-child immunity, which has been part of the law of Maryland since 1930. See Warren v. Warren, 336 Md. 618, 622-28, 650 A.2d 252 (1994); Schneider v. Schneider, 160 Md. 18, 21-23, 152 A. 498 (1930). Generally, it proscribes parents and their unemancipated children from asserting civil claims against one another. The Court of Appeals has, however, recognized...

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