Child support — Calculation — Effect of childcare expenses Appellant and Cross-Appellee Emmanuel Bot (“Father”) appeals from several rulings which the Circuit Court for Montgomery County made after a hearing on Appellee and Cross-Appellant Megan McFarland’s (“Mother”) request to modify ...
Read More »BLYDEN DAVIS v. TONI TURNER
Child support — Modification — Private-school tuition Appellant Blyden Davis (“Father”) and appellee Toni Turner (“Mother”) are the parents of two children, Sa. and So. Father appeals from two orders of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County modifying a ...
Read More »CHIDOZIE EMENUGA v. IHUOMA EMENUGA
Child support — Arrearage — Calculation Chidozie Emenuga (“Husband”), Appellant, seeks review of a judgment and order of the Circuit Court of Howard County, in which a child support arrearage of $36,840 was assessed against him and in which the ...
Read More »MOHAMAD SARIHIFARD v. DEANA MALLAMAS
Child support — Calculation — Monthly income Mohamad Sarihifard appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Howard County awarding child support to Deana Mallamas. Mr. Sarihifard presents one issue, which we have reworded … Read the opinion
Read More »EMILY J. HAMMANN v. CHARLES HAMMANN, III
Child support — Arrearage — Calculation This appeal arises from a Judgment of Absolute Divorce ending the marriage of Emily Hammann, appellant, and Charles Hamman, III, appellee. The judgment, issued by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, after a four-day ...
Read More »ANGELA C. STOLTZ v. CHARLES C. CLARK, IV
Child support — Calculation — Denial of discovery requests The parties to this appeal are the parents of two children. In 2018, the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County granted the mother primary physical custody of the older child and ...
Read More »SHANE SEAY v. MARY C. MINPLEY
Child support — Right to due process — Restraint on personal liberty In 2012, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County entered an order requiring Shane Seay, appellant, to make monthly child support payments. In 2020, Mr. Seay filed a ...
Read More »DANIEL E. LEWIS v. MARIE FLORE AGATHE ONYA EZEMBA
Child support — Attorney’s fees — Financial status of each party In this appeal from a domestic family action in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Daniel E. Lewis, appellant, challenges the court’s award of attorney’s fees to Marie ...
Read More »KORY WHITMORE v. MICHELLE RIVEST, ET AL
Child support — Child support enforcement — Paternity test request This is an appeal from a judgment without prejudice entered by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. Appellee, Prince George’s County Office of Child Support Enforcement, filed a complaint ...
Read More »MOUSSA MOAADEL v. DARIA MOAADEL
Child support — Motion to modify — Judicial discretion The Circuit Court for Montgomery County denied a father’s motion to modify his child support obligations. Thirteen days later, the father filed what was, in substance, a revisory motion under Md. ...
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