Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child support — Contempt holding — Need for a hearing A father defaulted on his court-ordered child support obligations. The child’s mother filed and served a petition for contempt. The father did not appear at the contempt hearing, and the ...

Child support — Calculation — Voluntary impoverishment In 2006, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County entered a judgment of absolute divorce in favor of appellant, Ishtiaq Malik (“Husband”), and ordered him to pay appellee, Zahira Malik (“Wife”), indefinite alimony in ...

Child support — Affidavit of parentage — Best interest of child On July 31, 2017, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County ordered the removal of Daniel Donnelly’s (“Appellee”) name as father on the birth certificate of a minor child. ...

Child support — Modification — Material change in circumstances In 2018, the Circuit Court for Baltimore County granted appellant Abiye Williams (“Mr. Williams”) a divorce from appellee Jeanine Williams (“Ms. Williams”), but denied Mr. Williams’s requests to modify the custody ...

Child support — Enforcement — Paternity test This appeal is from a July 2018 Order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County establishing child support to be paid by appellant. He complains that the court erred (1) in refusing, on ...

Child support — Separation agreement — Deviation by mutual consent When the appellant, Pamela Barnes, and the appellee, Benjamin Bradshaw, ended their marriage in 2008, they entered into a separation agreement that was incorporated into, but did not merge with, ...

Child support — Modification — Change in financial circumstances Appellant, Khayanga Namasaka (“Mother”), appeals a judgment by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County that granted appellee Mark Bett’s (“Father”) motion to modify child support. Perceiving … Read the opinion.

Child support — Modification — Calculation Appellant, Angelo Mamone, a self-represented litigant, seeks review of the October 30, 2017, ruling of the Circuit Court for Frederick County regarding his Motion to Modify Child Support. In that motion, Mr. Mamone requested ...

Child support — Motion to modify — Material change in circumstances On January 26, 2015, Douglas Moore (“Appellant”) agreed to pay his ex-wife, Bibi Khan (“Appellee”), $15,000 per month in child support for their son (“the minor child”). This agreement ...

Child support — Calculation — Treatment of gifts as income This case concerns the proper calculation of a parent’s child support obligation. The Circuit Court for Baltimore County determined that the parent violated a previous order requiring her to pay ...