Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child support — Modification — Error in calculation The appellant, Sara S. Shaw (“S. Shaw”), challenges the order of the Circuit Court for Cecil County which granted Scott R. Shaw’s (“R. Shaw”) Complaint for Modification of Child Support. Read the ...

Child support — Inaccurate calculation — Arrearages Brandon Mason, appellant, appeals from an order issued by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County requiring him to pay child support to Sarah Herrick, appellee. Read the opinion

Child support — Due process — Virtual access Rashawn L. Boyd, appellant, and Jadah S. Sprueil, appellee, are the parents of a minor child. In 2022, the Prince George’s County Office of Child Support, at the request of the North ...

Divorce — Child support — Imputation of income Michael Harden (“Father”), appellant, appeals from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Frederick County granting him primary physical and joint legal custody of his son with Katherine Harden (“Mother”), appellee, ...

Custody — Abuse of discretion — Child support determination This matter stems from a divorce and child custody matter in the Circuit Court for Howard County. The appellee, Scott Anthony Jones (“Husband”), filed a complaint for absolute divorce against the ...

Child support — Modification — Preservation of appeal Monisha Billings (“Mother”), appellant, appeals the Circuit Court for Montgomery County’s awards of child support and attorneys’ fees to Seth Billings (“Father”), appellee. Read the opinion

Child support — Modification — Material change in circumstances This case arises from a modification of child support hearing involving Zhuldyz Anatolevna Mizina, appellant, and Douglas Tice, appellee. Read the opinion

Child support — Earnings withholding notice — Premature appeal Herbert Sowe, appellant, appeals from an order by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County denying his motion for summary judgment. In that motion, he sought to terminate an administrative earnings withholding ...

Child support — Custody — Relocation Andrew Lord (“Father”) and Theresa Lord (“Mother”) were married in September 2004 and had three children. Mother and Father later separated and were granted a limited divorce in 2020 and an absolute divorce in ...

Custody — Child support — Abuse of discretion In August of 2021, Appellant, Isis Benton (“Mother”), and Appellee, Lewis Benton III (“Father”), sought to end their thirteen-year marriage. Ensuing from the adjudication of the couple’s divorce, the dispute that brings ...