Shearer v. Shearer

(Filed July 22, 1994)

There is a disturbing lack of honesty about this Court’s treatment of custody issues. The playing field is simply not level, but is banked against fathers. The family law master, after listening to all the evidence first hand, found that Dan Shearer, IV, should be given custody. The Circuit court reviewed the evidence presented and concluded that there had not been an abuse of discretion by the family law master, and accordingly affirmed the custody ruling in Mr. Shearer’s favor.

Then this Court steps in and goes through elaborate contortions to reverse the lower court’s…