Child support — Calculation — Financial statement As is unfortunately all too common, this appeal concerns the interests and needs of a child resulting from the fallout of a marriage. In September 2015, Dana Carberry (“Mother”) filed for divorce from ...
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TARA M. BENN v. GORDON JOHNSON 
Child custody — Modification — Material change in circumstances This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, denying appellant’s Motion for Modification of Custody, modifying her preexisting support obligation from $446 a month ...
Read More »JERRY PRINCE v. MIHRIGUL PRINCE 
Child support — Consent order — Compliance Jerry Prince, appellant, filed an appeal from a May 31, 2017 order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County denying his motion to vacate a consent order dated December 6, 2013 (“Consent Order”), ...
Read More »HEIDI ROSENCRANTZ RYDER v. CHARLES RYDER 
Child support — Calculation — Adoption subsidy This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Frederick County which denied Heidi Rosencrantz Ryder’s petition to modify an existing child support order. The appellee is the children’s father, ...
Read More »CHRISTOPHER M. ZURMUHLEN v. MARIANNE SITAR ZURMUHLEN COOK 
Child support — Garnishment — Applicability to a trust This case comes to us from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, which, on April 11, 2017, entered an order for condemnation absolute against Katherine Vahey, Trustee of the Francis ...
Read More »ELIZABETH MURPHY v. ROBERT MURPHY 
Child support — Calculation — Medical and extra-curricular expenses This appeal arises out of a decision by the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County granting Elizabeth Murphy, appellant, an absolute divorce from Robert Murphy, appellee. On July 26, 2016, Mr. ...
Read More »LARRIER WALKER, JR. v. JANELLE SAMPSON DAWKINS 
Child support — Modification — Secondary health insurance On October 21, 2015, Larrier Walker Jr., appellant, filed a petition to modify child support in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in the continuing child custody and support case between he ...
Read More »ROBERT L. RHOE, II v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT 
Child support — Paternity test — Final-judgment rule In 2016, the Montgomery County Office of Child Support Enforcement (MCOCSE) filed a complaint against Robert L. Rhoe, II, appellee, to establish paternity for J.R., a minor child. Although Rhoe concedes that ...
Read More »DANIEL SETH BERGER v. SHARI HOOKMAN BERGER 
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 ...
Read More »WILLIAM F. FELLER, III, v. ROBIN J. FELLER 
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 ...
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