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SHURUPOFF v. VOCKROTH

No. 31, Sept. Term, 2002.

814 A.2d 543 (2003)

372 Md. 639

Lawrence J. SHURUPOFF v. Carol E. VOCKROTH, et vir.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 7, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Bodie (Bodie, Nagle, Dolina, Smith & Hobbs, P.A., on brief), Towson, for petitioner.

Laura V. Bearsch (Love, Fleming, Bearsch & Attanasio, LLC, on brief), Bel Air, for respondents.

Argued Before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.

WILNER, Judge.

In Ross v. Hoffman, 280 Md. 172, 372 A.2d 582 (1977), we announced standards and guidelines for the judicial resolution of child custody disputes between the child's parent and someone who is not the child's parent—a third party. Synthesizing holdings and statements from earlier cases, we made clear, first, that "the best interest of the child standard is always determinative...

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