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DAVIS v. PETITO

No. 30, September Term, 2011.

39 A.3d 96 (2012)

425 Md. 191

Joanna DAVIS v. Michael A. PETITO, Jr.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Seward ( Donald P. Salzman , Washington, DC), on brief, for petitioner.

Laura E. Hay (Cockey, Brennan & Maloney, P.C., Salisbury, MD), on brief, for respondent.

K. Lee Blalack II , Robert N. Eccles , Theresa S. Gee , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae brief of Justice for Children and Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

BATTAGLIA, J.

We have been asked to consider whether the gratuitous cost of pro bono legal services,1 provided to a party in a custody modification proceeding, may be considered in awarding attorneys' fees, pursuant to Section 12-103 of the Family Law Article, Maryland Code (1984, 2006 Repl.Vol.),2 to the other party, who had retained private counsel. Joanna Davis, Petitioner, was ordered by the Circuit Court...

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