Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

It is possible that in a custody case, a court requires that the parents live close enough to allow each parent to maintain a relationship with the child. Neither parent has priority over the other when it comes to custody, although in the case of a child in its infancy, most of the time the mother is granted primary custody as long as she is a fit parent. Your boyfriend would probably be granted joint legal custody, which is not the same as physical custody, but does give him an active role in the child's life. Right now there is nothing preventing you from leaving, but if he files court papers there may be then. If a judge thinks that it's in the child's best interest that you maintain custody and be allowed to return to your home state for family and financial reasons, you would have to make arrangements for the father to have visitation, and unless there is a great disparity in your incomes, you might be required to bring the child here at least until he or she is old enough to travel alone.