Child support — Modification — Income calculation Appellant, Emmanuel Agbara, appeals the modification by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, of his child support obligation to appellee, Evelyn Okoji, and the denial of his motion to modify custody. Read ...
Read More »CRYSTAL WITHERSPOON v. BRIAN COESTER
Child support — Reduction — Contempt Crystal Witherspoon (“Mother”), a self-represented litigant, challenges the ruling of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County denying her motion for contempt and reducing Brian Coester’s (“Father”) child support obligation. Read the opinion
Read More »WAYNE STEPHEN WAGNER, JR. v. BARBARA AUTUMN LEE PIERCE, ET AL.
Child support — Contempt — Inability to pay Appellant, Wayne Wagner, Jr., initiated a custody proceeding in December 2018, and a consent order was entered by the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County in June 2019. Mr. Wagner stopped making ...
Read More »JERMAINE C. TYLER v. NATASHA CHARISSE HEWLETT
Child support — Modification — Calculation Appellant, Jermaine C. Tyler (“Father”), and appellee, Natasha Charisse Hewlett (“Mother”), are the parents of a child born April 14, 2012 (the “Child”). They divorced in June 2019, litigated a prior appeal to this ...
Read More »MONICA GORMAN v. JOHN GORMAN
Child support — Voluntary impoverishment — Totality of circumstances In 2020, the Maryland General Assembly codified Maryland’s common law of voluntary impoverishment. Read the opinion
Read More »BENJAMIN DAVID v. HEATHER DAVID
Child support — Contempt — Timely payments In the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, appellee Heather David (“Mother”) requested a finding of contempt against appellant Benjamin David (“Father”) for failing to make complete and timely child support payments under a ...
Read More »DENISE J. GRIMES v. JAMES-ALAIN LAPLANCHE
Child support — Reimbursement of medical expenses — Exclusion of exhibits The parties in this case are well known to this Court. In December 2014, appellant Denise Grimes gave birth to twins as a result of an affair with appellee ...
Read More »KEVIN DONTE BLAIR v. TYANA SHARRON HOLMES
Child custody — Arrearages — Jurisdiction Kevin Donte Blair, appellant, and Tyana Sharron Holmes, appellee, are the parents of K.H., a minor child. In June 2021, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County issued an order requiring appellant to pay ...
Read More »TEKNECA MASON v. JOHN A. MASON, JR.
Child support — Voluntary impoverishment — Arrearages In this appeal, Tekneca Mason (“Mother”), appellant, challenges an order of the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County ordering her to pay John A. Mason, Jr. (“Father”), appellee, monthly child support, support arrearages, ...
Read More »EVANS IHENACHOR v. PAIGE MARTIN
Child support — Contempt — Untimely Once again, Appellant, Evans Ihenachor, seeks relief in this Court from child custody and child support orders entered in the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County, in 2015 and 2016, in the guise of ...
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