Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Child support — Expenses — Estoppel by judgment This appeal addresses post-judgment enforcement proceedings following the May 14, 2010, Judgment of Absolute Divorce of Timothy Walsh, appellant, and Heidi Delauter (formerly Walsh), appellee, in the Circuit Court for Howard County. ...

Child support — Calculation — Separate from alimony This appeal arises from the October 28, 2015, ruling of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County granting a Judgment of Absolute Divorce to Sprigg Lynn, appellant, and Christina Lynn, appellee. Mr. Lynn ...

Child support — Attorney’s fees — Net worth of requesting party The litigants here, Allison J. Zweig and James G. Corckran, III, divorced in December 2008. As president of a manufacturing company (Clendenin Brothers), Corckran earned an annual salary of ...

Child custody — Award of physical custody — Best interests of child On October 29, 2015, appellant, Ahmad Tahir (“Father”), filed a complaint for absolute divorce against appellee, Rokshan Jahan (“Mother”), in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Among other ...

Child support — Calculation — Imputation of other parent’s income A magistrate recommended that a father’s child support obligations be modified. The father took exceptions. The Circuit Court for Prince George’s County overruled the exceptions. The father appealed. Read the ...

Child support — Motion to enforce settlement agreement — Above-guidelines case In this appeal, Melissa Ann Bearden (“Wife”), appellant, contends that the Circuit Court for Charles County erred when it refused to permit her to repudiate an agreement she had ...

Child support — Voluntary impoverishment — Imputed income Karen Lowman (“Mother”), appellant, and Richard Lowman (“Father”), appellee, are currently divorced with two children. At the time of the divorce, Father was ordered to pay child support to Mother. In August ...

Child support — Child-support guidelines — Need for explanation of downward departure The Circuit Court for Baltimore County ordered the father to pay a lesser amount of child support than was recommended by the Child Support Guidelines and did not ...

Child support — Motion for modification — Motion for reconsideration Anthony Smith, appellant, filed a petition for modification of child support in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. At the subsequent hearing, Smith withdrew his petition. He then filed ...

Child custody — Limited visitation — Intensity of child’s travel Following a trial in the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County to determine custody and child support, the court granted primary physical custody of the minor child, O., to appellee, ...