Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child support — Modification — Material change in circumstances This case arises from a motion to modify or terminate alimony, to modify child support, and for other relief, filed in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Appellant Daniel S. Berger ...

Child support — Modification — Retroactive application Appellee was granted sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ two children. Through her counsel, she contacted appellant, her ex-husband, and requested child support, in accordance with a Marital Agreement they entered ...

Child support — Calculation — Actual income The appellant, Richard Malcolm, appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County that annulled his marriage to the appellee, Rebecca Malcolm, and made awards of indefinite alimony and child ...

Child support — Denial of motion to modify — Appellate jurisdiction Richard Maduako (“Father” or appellant) and Eleanor Maduako (“Mother” or appellee) were divorced in 2007 by order of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. As part of the ...

Child support — Failure to pay — Contempt In this matter (initially encompassing a child access dispute), Appellant, Coleen Conaway, is displeased ultimately with the decision of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County denying her an award against Appellee, ...

Child custody — Due process — Judge’s failure to recuse Amanda Marks, appellant, challenges an order, issued by Judge Mary M. Kramer, of the Circuit Court for Howard County, which granted sole legal and physical custody of her son, J., ...

Child support — Arrearages — Elimination The Circuit Court for Prince George’s County issued an order that, among other things, eliminated the child support arrearages Douglas Brown had accrued, and released to him child support payments that the Prince George’s ...

Child support — Affidavit of parentage — Fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact The Prince George’s County Office of Child Support Enforcement (the “Office”) appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, which decreed that ...

Child support — Obligations — Private-school tuition The parties return to this Court for a second time on the matters of child custody and child support obligations. Duane Wensel (“Father”) and Lynne Zettergren (“Mother”) were married on April 4, 1997, ...

Child support – Calculation — Work-related child care expenses On November 17, 2015, Stuart Wertlieb, appellant, filed a Petition to Modify Child Support in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, requesting a reduction in the amount of child support to ...