Case Title: McFarland v. Balt. Community Lending

Citation: 

Docket Number: 27/19

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2020-02-28T00:00:00Z

Document:
Circuit Court for Baltimore County 
Case No. 03-C-15-008544 
Argued: October 31, 2019 
 
 
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 
 
No. 27 
 
September Term, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BETTYE JEAN MCFARLAND 
 
v. 
 
BALTIMORE COMMUNITY LENDING, 
INC. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barbera, C.J., 
McDonald 
 
Watts 
 
Hotten 
 
Booth 
Harrell, Glenn T., Jr.  
(Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) 
Greene, Clayton, Jr.  
(Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) 
  
JJ. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PER CURIAM ORDER 
McDonald, J., concurs. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Filed:  February 28, 2020
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act  
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document 
is authentic.
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk  
2020-02-28 
10:04-05:00
 
 
BETTYE JEAN MCFARLAND   
 
 
*   IN THE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*   COURT OF APPEALS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*   OF MARYLAND 
      v. 
                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*   COA-REG-0027-2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*   No. 27 
BALTIMORE COMMUNITY 
LENDING, INC. 
 
 
 
 
 
*   September Term, 2019 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
 
 
PER CURIAM ORDER 
 
 
The petition for writ of certiorari in the above-entitled case having been granted and 
argued, it is this 28th day of February, 2020, 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the writ of certiorari be, and 
it is hereby, dismissed with costs, the petition having been improvidently granted. 
 
 
 
     /s/ Mary Ellen Barbera 
     Chief Judge 
 
 
 
Circuit Court for Baltimore County 
Case No. 03-C-15-008544 
Argued: October 31, 2019 
 
 
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 
 
No. 27 
 
SEPTEMBER TERM, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BETTYE JEAN MCFARLAND 
 
v. 
 
BALTIMORE COMMUNITY LENDING, 
INC. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barbera, C.J., 
McDonald 
 
Watts 
 
Hotten 
 
Booth 
Harrell, Glenn T., Jr.  
(Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) 
Greene, Clayton, Jr.  
(Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) 
  
JJ. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Concurring Opinion by McDonald, J. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Filed: February 28, 2020
 
 
I agree with the Court’s decision to dismiss the petition in this case as improvidently 
granted.  See Sturdivant v. Md. Dep’t of Health & Mental Hygiene, 436 Md. 584, 589 
(2014).  I write simply to point out that neither this Court nor the Court of Special Appeals 
has yet to determine, in the context of a joint bank account, whether to adopt a “full 
ownership” or “equal shares” presumption concerning ownership of the funds in such an 
account.  See Morgan Stanley & Co. v. Andrews, 225 Md. App. 181, 192 n.9 (2015) (“[W]e 
need not determine precisely which type of presumption of ownership is appropriate under 
Maryland law.”).  Perhaps a different case will present an opportunity for this Court to 
provide clarity on this important question.