Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child support — Guidelines — Deviation Kristin Barker (now Kristin Estes) [“Mother”] and Steven Bland [“Father”] are the parents of a minor child, who was born in 2007. In 2011, Mother filed a petition in the Circuit Court for Carroll ...

Child support — Arrearage — Calculation This is an appeal from an Order of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County that awarded legal and physical custody of the two minor children of the parties, along with child support, to ...

Child support — Calculation — Private school tuition This case is before us on appeal from a child custody order of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. Kari Sherbert (“Mother”) moved to modify child support in the circuit court, ...

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 — Joint custody support guidelines Marilyn Feldman (“Appellant”) brings this appeal, challenging the Circuit Court for Montgomery County’s Judgment of Absolute Divorce. The Appellant petitioned the court seeking an absolute divorce from Howard Feldman (“Appellee”), indefinite ...

Child support — Motion to modify — Standing In this appeal from a domestic family action in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Daryl Green, appellant, challenges a January 2011 award of child support to Angelica Reeder, appellee, the ...

Child support — Failure to pay — Body attachment Starsha Sewell, appellant, appeals an order issued by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County denying her “Motion to Stay Income Withholding” (motion to stay) and “Md. Rule 2-551 Memoranda” in ...

Child support — Notice of Appeal — Timeliness Aimee Price and Debra Hamby were divorced, and their property, child support, and attorney’s fees disputes decided, by order of the Circuit Court for Washington County. After the circuit court entered its ...

Child support — Modification — Retroactive reduction in arrears In this appeal, Craig Christie (“Father”), appellant, challenges the order of the Circuit Court for Harford County awarding attorney’s fees to Kaitlin Christie (“Mother”), appellee, and modifying the prior child support ...

Child support — Calculation — Work-related daycare Sheryl Snee (hereinafter “Appellee”) and David J. Snee (hereinafter “Appellant”) are the parents to three minor children. The parties are now divorced. On May 3, 2017, Appellee filed a Motion to Modify Child ...