BURAK v. BURAK

No. 97, Sept. Term, 2016.

168 A.3d 883 (2017)

455 Md. 564

Natasha BURAK, v. Mark BURAK, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 29, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by John Flyger (The Flyger Law Office, Rockville, MD; Scott A. Conwell , Conwell Law LLC, Jarrettsville, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Paul Griffin, Esquire , Child Justice, Inc., 901 K Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001, Ian Simmons, Esquire , Matthew Gill, Esquire , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1625 Eye Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, Amici Curiae for Child Justice, Incorporated, Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute, and the Leadership Counsel on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence.

Argued by Steven J. Gaba (Rockville, MD: Marjorie G. DiLima. Fait Wise & DiLima, Rockville, MD; Sara M. Donohue , Offit Kurman , Bethesda, MD), on brief, for Respondents.

Argued before Barbera, C.J., Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.


We consider whether the Circuit Court for Montgomery County properly determined that the grandparents of a minor child may intervene in a custody action between the child's parents and whether the circuit court abused its discretion in concluding that the mother was unfit and that "exceptional circumstances" existed in the present case...

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