Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

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, ...

Child support — Child support guidelines — Sufficiency of the evidence Nathaniel M. Costley, Jr., (“Nathaniel”), the now 14-year-old minor whose custody is the subject of this appeal, was born on March 16, 2002, in Carroll County. The pro-se appellant, ...

Divorce — Marital home — Valuation The record is clear: Lance Felactu has behaved abominably in his divorce. He has hidden money, refused to make required payments, and thumbed his nose at the court. The trial court sought to remedy ...

Child support — Modification — Material change of circumstance This case involves the validity of an order from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County modifying an award of child support based upon a material change of circumstance. Read the ...

Child support — Modification — Failure to rule on exceptions Appellant, Vernita J. Ali, appeals orders of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City increasing her child support payments to appellee, Damien L. Davis, and denying her motion to modify custody, ...

Child support — Consent order — Failure to provide discovery This appeal arises from the dismissal with prejudice by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County of appellant, Caren Evans’s, motion to enforce the parties’ Consent Order against appellee, Timothy Evans, ...