Maryland’s Family Courts Are Failing Families: Here’s Why Reform Can’t Wait
By Michael Phillips In theory, Maryland’s family courts are supposed to be the guardians of justice for families in...
Tag: father’s rights
The Courtroom That Erased Fatherhood: Four Father’s Days Without a Word
By Michael Phillips This past Sunday marked the fourth Father’s Day that Jeff Reichert spent without hearing from his...
Maryland’s New Child Support Rules: A Fast-Track to Poverty and Prison?
Maryland has once again taken aim at the very people it claims to support: struggling parents caught in the crosshairs of a...
Democrats Outraged Over One Arrest — But Where Was Their Outrage for the Rest of Us?
Democrats across the country erupted in outrage this week following the arrest of Senator Alex Padilla during a protest...
Where Is Grant Reichert? A Father’s Plea, A System’s Silence
By Michael Phillips "Where is my son?" That question—raw, desperate, unrelenting—haunts Jeff Reichert every day. As...
Maryland Codifies Child Custody Factors — But Will Anything Really Change?
By Michael Phillips In a move hailed by some as progress and by others as political theater, Maryland Governor Wes Moore...
Buried by Design: What Is Maryland Family Court Hiding in the Reichert Case?
I didn’t expect to be here. When I wrote my first piece on the Reichert v. Hornbeck custody case, I was just trying to...
Holy Hell, Maryland: What the Heck Is Going on in Reichert v. Hornbeck?
I wasn’t planning to write this article. In fact, I was working on something else entirely when I stumbled upon the court...
When the System Rewards Destruction
There are some people in family law who don't just represent their clients — they feed off the destruction.Alisa G....