Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child support — Arrearage — Unreimbursed medical expenses On remand from an en banc appeal on the limited issue of unreimbursed medical expenses, the circuit court for Anne Arundel found that Christopher Paul Doherty “(Appellee”) owed $10,469.89 in unreimbursed medical ...

Child support — Modification — Failure to provide income documentation Dean Lake, appellant, and Gabriel McConnell, appellee, are the parents of one minor child. The present appeal, noted by Mr. Lake, is taken from a March 2019 order entered in ...

Child support — Arrearage — Office of Child Support Enforcement This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County denying exceptions filed by appellant and adopting the Magistrate’s recommendations. Appellant timely appealed and presents the ...

Child support — Contempt — Right to public defender The Circuit Court for Charles County found Damian Darnell Chapman, appellant, in constructive civil contempt for failure to comply with a court order to pay child support and ordered that the ...

Child support — Motion to modify — Attorney’s fees When this child support dispute was last before us, we remanded it to the Circuit Court for Frederick County, without affirming or reversing, to determine what child support should have been ...

Child support — Calculation — Travel expenses This appeal arises from a custody dispute between the parents of three minor children. In 2017, the mother moved from Maryland to Utah, taking the children with her. The father brought a custody ...

Child support — Calculation — Guidelines Appellant, Raouf B. Abdullah (“Father”), appeals from an order entered by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County granting his complaint for child support. In pertinent part, the order directs appellee, Toneka Spears (formerly ...

Child support — Calculation — Speculative expenses Shelton Alexander (“Father”), appellant, appeals from an order entered by the Circuit Court for Frederick County granting Tamara Alexander (“Mother”), appellee, sole legal and primary physical custody of the parties’ 13-year old son, ...

Child support — Calculation — New job This appeal arises out of a divorce proceeding between Lauren Burleigh (“Mother”) and James Burleigh (“Father”). After an eight-day bench trial, the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County awarded joint legal and physical ...

Child support — Arrearage — Calculation On cross-motions to modify child support for their minor child, N., the Circuit Court for Montgomery County increased the monthly child support obligation of James Morton (“Father”) and awarded Fiorina Kyritsi (“Mother”) five months ...