Child support — Modification — Pandemic-related income reduction Panagiota Stagia (“Wife”) and Dimitrios Moshovitis (“Husband”) were married and subsequently divorced by way of a judgment entered in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County in 2017. As part of that judgment, ...
Read More »ALAN CORNFIELD v. ELIZABETH FERIA
Child support — Calculation — Evidence not in the record The parties to this proceeding, Alan Cornfield (“Father”) and Elizabeth Feria (“Mother”) are the parents of one child, C.C., born August 2002. Beginning in June 2009 and continuing throughout the ...
Read More »TINA GIOIOSO KOHAN v. JEFFREY WILLIAM KOHAN
Child support — Magistrate’s recommendations — Exceptions This appeal arises from an order issued by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County denying exceptions to a magistrate’s recommendations. Read the opinion
Read More »REGINALD LEEVERETT WASHINGTON v. CHRISTINA M. WILLIAMS
Child support — Final judgment — Fraud, mistake or irregularity Reginald Leeverett Washington, appellant, and Christina M. Williams, appellee, are the parents of A.W., a minor child. In 2008, the Prince George’s County Office of Child Support, appellee, filed a ...
Read More »TARIQ LIYUEN BELT v. LANITRA CHAMBERS, ET AL.
Child support — Motion to modify — Elimination of arrearages Appellant Tariq Liyuen Belt (“Father”) and appellee Lanitra Chambers (“Mother”) are the parents of one child (“Daughter”), who was born in 1996. Father appeals from an order of the Circuit ...
Read More »JESSE FRANCIS v. STEPHANIE FRANCIS
Child support — Motion to modify — Retroactive application Child support and alimony obligations may be modified from time to time depending on a change of circumstances. A spouse, receiving financial support from the payor spouse, may seek an upward ...
Read More »CRYSTAL KRAUSS v. RYAN KRAUSS
Child support — Motion to modify — Private school tuition Crystal Krauss (“Mother”) appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for Charles County denying her motion for modification of child support and granting a modification of custody. Read the ...
Read More »KEVIN DIAZ v. RACHELLE WADE
Child support — Appealability — Failure to file exceptions Kevin Diaz (“Father”), appeals the Circuit Court for Howard County’s order requiring him to pay child support to Rachelle Wade (“Mother”). On appeal, Father presents three issues which, in substance, amount ...
Read More »JOHN H. HUBBARD, JR. v. AMANDA M. MACEY
Child support — Calculation — Above guidelines John Hubbard (“Father”) comes before this Court appealing an order of child support and attorney fees to be paid to Amanda Macey (“Mother”). Read the opinion
Read More »AMBER T. ELLIS v. BRIAN J.M. ELLIS
Child support — Change in custody — Calculation of arrearages Amber Ellis (“Mother”), appellant, and Brian Ellis (“Father”), appellee, are the parents of four minor children, whom we shall refer to as G., N., E., and B. On October 25, ...
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