Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child support — Motion to modify — Private school tuition Crystal Krauss (“Mother”) appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for Charles County denying her motion for modification of child support and granting a modification of custody. Read the ...

Child support — Appealability — Failure to file exceptions Kevin Diaz (“Father”), appeals the Circuit Court for Howard County’s order requiring him to pay child support to Rachelle Wade (“Mother”). On appeal, Father presents three issues which, in substance, amount ...

Child support — Calculation — Above guidelines John Hubbard (“Father”) comes before this Court appealing an order of child support and attorney fees to be paid to Amanda Macey (“Mother”). Read the opinion

Child support — Change in custody — Calculation of arrearages Amber Ellis (“Mother”), appellant, and Brian Ellis (“Father”), appellee, are the parents of four minor children, whom we shall refer to as G., N., E., and B. On October 25, ...

Child support — Constitutional challenge — Unpreserved issue Bellamy Kravitz, appellant, and Doris Nama Fombin, appellee, are the parents of two minor children, E.K. and N.K. In April 2021, the Prince George’s County Office of Child Support, appellee, filed a ...

Child support — Circuit court jurisdiction — Law of the case Starsha Sewell, appellant, and John Howard, appellee, are the parents of two minor children. On July 29, 2014, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County entered an order granting ...

Child support — Calculation — Imputed income S. O. (“Husband”) filed, in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, a complaint for absolute divorce against H. M. (“Wife”), who subsequently filed a countercomplaint for absolute divorce. Following a hearing on ...

Child support — Magistrate’s recommendations — Failure to file exceptions In this appeal from a child support action in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Sidney Woodruff, appellant, challenges an order of the court directing him to pay to ...

Child support — Failure to pay arrearages — Contempt When this child support dispute was last before us, we affirmed the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County’s order for custody and child support. From the time of that order, Aris ...

Child support — Calculation — Above guidelines This is an appeal from a judgment of Absolute Divorce entered by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, granting a divorce to Husband Floyd Bagwell on the grounds of a one-year separation ...