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The Circuit Court for Baltimore City’s Family Division strives to effectively and efficiently resolve legal matters involving families in crisis. In doing so, the Court assists families with obtaining services designed to address the underlying causes of family conflict in the hopes that families can be restored to a satisfactory level of functioning. In addition to cases involving dissolution of marriages, Family Division judges address adoption, guardianship, child support, and custody and visitation matters.

In fashioning remedies appropriate to the individual family’s needs and that attend to the best interests of any involved children, the division’s four judges and five masters (in conjunction with specialized personnel assigned to assist the family division) attempt to identify the sources of family conflict and direct families to specific services that will assist family members in obtaining and maintaining stability.

In attempting to craft family-specific remedies, the Court also has as a goal helping families it assists to obtain communication skills and other tools needed to resolve future conflicts without the need to resort to court intervention. Thus, families may be required to attend educational seminars and mediation sessions in order to learn how to communicate effectively for the benefit of their children.