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2021 will see 5 major changes to the child support guidelines, one of which extends the upper limit of the child support guidelines from $15,000/month combined parents’ incomes to $30,000/month. There is a rebuttable presumption that the amount of child support...
2021 will see 5 major changes to the child support guidelines, one of which updates the Maryland child support guidelines using newer economic data. Updates for economic data were last enacted in 2010 (based on 2008 data) and before that in 1989 (based on 1972-1973...
For child support purposes, “shared physical custody” is the minimum number of overnights a parent must have in order for the number of overnights to be included in the child support guidelines calculation. Shared physical custody child support is typically lower...
The 2020 Session of the Maryland General Assembly saw several major developments to Maryland’s law on child support, some of which went into effect October 1, 2020 and the others going into effect October 1, 2021. This series of articles discusses those changes and...
On February 1, 2018, the Court of Special Appeals issued its opinion in Rose v. Rose, a case involving: Alimony termination due to the ex-spouse's alleged cohabitation in a marriage like relationship pursuant to Gordon v. Gordon; I discuss this in Rose v. Rose -...
On February 1, 2018, the Court of Special Appeals issued its opinion in Rose v. Rose, a case involving: Alimony termination due to the ex-spouse's alleged cohabitation in a marriage like relationship pursuant to Gordon v. Gordon; Reimbursement of children's expenses;...
When a parent or spouse is determined voluntarily impoverished, the court may determine child support or alimony based upon the parent’s or spouse's potential income and earning capacity. In Child Support Cases: Voluntary impoverishment was defined by Maryland’s Court...
On September 29, the Court of Special Appeals issued an opinion about child support, focusing on the intersection of voluntary impoverishment (deliberate unemployment or underemployment to avoid paying child support) and immigration status. In short, in Dillon v....
When a parent files for child support, the date of filing starts the clock on the child's right to child support. Retroactive child support is the right to child support from the date of filing a request with the court until a child support order is granted. The...
In a recent Court of Appeals case, Burak v. Burak, the opinion mentions in passing that the trial court ordered an unemployed parent to provide information, to the child support recipient, about attempts to obtain employment every 60 days after the child support order...
In a recent survey of 2000 millennials, almost two-thirds (60%) reported that a romantic partner used money to manipulate or gain power and control in a relationship and an equal amount (60%) said a romantic partner had either lied about money, or hid money or debt...