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TSHIANI v. TSHIANI

No. 24, Sept. Term, 2013.

81 A.3d 414 (2013)

436 Md. 255

Noel TSHIANI v. Marie-Louise TSHIANI.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 19, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Weaver ( Sarah I. Malik , Law Office of John S. Weaver, Rockville, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Judith A. Wolfer ( Mary Pezzulla , Domestic Violence Legal Clinic House of Ruth of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before: BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, IRMA S. RAKER (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

HARRELL, J.

A character portrayed by the actress Julia Roberts observed, "Happiness isn't happiness without a violin-playing goat."1 If that be so, the live goat included as part of the dowry at a traditional marriage ceremony on 23 December 1993 in Kinshasa, Zaire,2 marking Marie-Louise Ntumba's union with Noel Tshiani, was no Vivaldi.3 Some fifteen years later, capped by an altercation...

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