Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child support — calculation — Childcare costs Appellant, Robert Catello, appeals an order from the Circuit Court for Howard County that modified his child support obligation and denied his motion for modification of custody and visitation. Read the opinion

Child support — Calculation — Children’s health insurance Appellant Roderick Barnett (“Father”) appeals an order of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County recalculating his monthly child support obligation and the child support arrearages that he owes to appellee Dominique ...

Child support — Calculation — Credit for health insurance premium Appellant Roderick Barnett (“Father”) appeals an order of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County recalculating his monthly child support obligation and the child support arrearages that he owes to ...

Child support — Court order not yet filed — Premature appeal The parties to this appeal, appellant, Myesha Bynum (“Mother”), and appellee, Steven Green (“Father”), appeared before a magistrate in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County on a motion ...

Child support — Arrearages — Calculation Ishmael Hyde, Appellant, and Lidia Laureano, Appellee, are the parents of a child born in September 2016. Mr. Hyde and Ms. Laureano were not a married couple. It appears that their relationship soured soon ...

Child support — Motion to modify — Material change in circumstances Appellant, Benjamin David (“Father”), and appellee, Heather David (“Mother”), are the parents of two children, L and B. In the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Father, proceeding pro se, ...

Child support — Calculation — Extraordinary medical expenses Cory Dixon (“Father”) and Kathi Edwards (“Mother”) are the parents of three minor children. They divorced in 2013, and a 2014 consent order awarded shared custody and required neither party to pay ...

Child support — Calculation — Parent’s time with child Appellant, Chidozie Nwadigo (“C. Nwadigo”), challenges the Circuit Court for Frederick County’s order of divorce, which (1) granted C. Nwadigo and Naya Nwadigo (“N. Nwadigo”) an absolute divorce on the grounds ...

Child support — Calculation — Double-counting income This case concerns child custody and child support. The Circuit Court for Baltimore City awarded primary physical custody to the mother and ordered the father to pay child support. The father appealed. Read ...

Child support — Office of Child Support — Delinquent obligor On July 2, 2021, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, appellant, Brandon Williams, filed a petition for judicial review of the decision of the Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings ...