Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

My son has been living with his grandma for quite sometime who was given custody of him due to the fact that his father had social services called on him and I was living in the city he didn't want to go to school down there and I was not able to take him at the time, however I am in a place to take him now and he no longer wants to live there he wants to be with me his grandmother is ok with that we are trying to figure out how to get custody transferred back to me with out having to go through a court room what can we do to get custody transferred? can we write a letter and get it notorized or if both parties agree can they just transfer it how do I go about this?


Asked on 1/06/14, 1:44 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Sher Wagshal and Sher

If the grandma has court-ordered custody, you will have to go back to court to seek return of custody to you. School systems would not accept a letter like you propose in order to enroll your son in a local school. Assuming the father doesn't try to intervene, a consent petition for modification of custody should be fairly routine, although the court would want to ascertain that it is in the best interest of your son to grant this to you.

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Answered on 1/07/14, 7:09 am


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