KHALIFA v. SHANNON

No. 56, September Term, 2007.

945 A.2d 1244 (2008)

404 Md. 107

Afaf Nassar KHALIFA, et al. v. Michael SHANNON.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Brennan, Jr. (William A. Mitchell, Jr., Brennan Sullivan & McKenna LLP, Greenbelt), on brief, for appellants.

Stephen J. Cullen (Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Towson, Edward W. Brady, Fratus/Brady, LLC, Annapolis), on brief, for appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, specially assigned), and DALE R. CATHELL (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.


BATTAGLIA, J.

The issue in this case is whether a cause of action for intentional interference with custody and visitation rights is sustainable by a father, Michael Shannon, against his former wife, Nermeen Khalifa Shannon, and her mother, Afaf Nassar Khalifa ("Appellants"), both of whom fled to Egypt with the couple's two minor children, who remain there. Appellants moved to dismiss the father's complaint, arguing that interference with custody and visitation rights...

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