Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

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 ...

Child support — Calculation — Voluntary impoverishment Sher Ali Chaudry, the appellant, challenges an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County granting his wife, Nantara Chaudry1 , an absolute divorce, a marital award, joint legal and shared physical custody ...

Child support — Calculation — Bonus income Charles H. Edwards, IV (“Father”) and Alicia Miller (“Mother”) are the parents of one child, I.M., who was born in 2007. In 2008, the Circuit Court for Howard County entered an order requiring ...

Child support — Calculation — Income figures In 2018, Trevor Dentz (“Father”) and Sumithra Raghu Dentz (“Mother”) began the process of ending their marriage after almost a decade together. The couple had their ups and downs, and finally gave birth ...

Child support — Contempt hearing — Right to counsel The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County found Laura Bertram, the appellant, in contempt for failure to comply with a subpoena for her deposition and the production of records. The court ...