Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child support — Modification — Retroactive application Ona Reckling, appellant, and Leonard Rayford, appellee, are the parents of J.R., a minor child. In 2004, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County entered a consent order directing Mr. Rayford to pay ...

Child support — Calculation — Extrapolated guidelines Monica Jerbi, appellant, challenges a judgment of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County to maintain the existing child support and child custody arrangements that she had with James G. Titus, appellee. On ...

Child support — Calculation — Income On cross-motions to modify child support, the Circuit Court for Howard County increased Edward Veres’s (“Father”) monthly child support obligations, required him to pay 100% of the children’s medical insurance costs, required him to ...

Child support — Calculation — Private-school tuition On March 3, 2015, appellant Rufus K. Leeth, Jr. and appellee Antrina Leeth obtained an absolute divorce in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. The court’s order incorporated, but did not merge, their ...

Child support — Motion to modify — Material change in circumstances Charles Weaver, appellant, challenges the Orders of the Circuit Court for Harford County, which denied exceptions he filed to the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendations regarding child support and ordered ...

Child support — Guidelines — Deviation upward On July 28, 2017, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County held a hearing for a complaint for Absolute Divorce filed by Latasha Meus (hereinafter “Appellee”) against Jean Meus, Sr. (hereinafter “Appellant”). The ...

Child support — Retroactive — Routine and regular care of children By order entered on April 17, 2018, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County granted an absolute divorce to appellee, Charles Hawes, from Mya Hawes, appellant, and awarded the ...

Child support — Motion for reconsideration — Failure to appear In January 2017, in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Michelle Murray, the appellant, filed a complaint for custody seeking sole legal and primary physical custody of her then ...

Child support — Motion to modify — Need for a hearing Appellant, Phillip Galbraith, appeals the Circuit Court for Montgomery County’s denial of his motion to reconsider the court’s decision denying his motion to modify child support. He presents one ...

Child support — Calculation — Arrearage Appellant/cross-appellee Lai Thi Nguyen, formerly Lai Nguyen Oliver, and appellee/cross-appellant Chester Oliver each appeal from a judgment of divorce entered by the Circuit Court for Howard County. The circuit court awarded the parties joint ...