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Case Citations [i] (Fall 2023)

handle is hein.ali/alifm0037 and id is 1 raw text is: THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE Fall 2023 Citations PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF FAMILY DISSOLUTION: ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CHAPTER 2. THE ALLOCATION OF CUSTODIAL AND DECISIONMAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHILDREN TOPIC 1. SCOPE, OBJECTIVES, DEFINITIONS, AND PARTIES § 2.03. Definitions Md.Spec.App.2022. Subsec. (c), com. (c), and illus. 16 quot. in sup. Mother of minor child filed a motion to modify custody, alleging that plaintiff was entitled to full legal and physical custody of child, who had been placed in custody of child's maternal grandmother after mother was incarcerated. The trial court granted plaintiff's motion. This court vacated in part and remanded, holding, inter alia, that the trial court erred in finding that it was in the child's best interests to award custody to plaintiff on the ground that grandmother was not child's de facto parent, because the record showed that grandmother fulfilled plaintiff's role as mother during the incarceration period. Citing Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution § 2.03, the court pointed out that the fact that grandmother received financial benefits from the government in order to support child did not disqualify her from being child's de facto parent, because grandmother took up care of child out of familial affinity and not primarily for the purpose of receiving financial compensation. Caldwell v. Sutton, 286 A.3d 82, 111, 112. COPYRIGHT (2023 By THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America For earlier citations, see the Appendices, Supplements, or Pocket Parts, if any, that correspond to the subject matter under examination.