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Child Support Questions and Answers

Custody

In this post we will provide child support questions and answers for you. My ex says that he pays child support so he doesn’t have to pay anything else, is this true?   A child support payment does cover a lot but there are other additional costs that must be shared...

Child Support Questions

Custody

How much child support do I have to pay if the custodial parent continues to be unemployed ? Custody has recently changed and now I am the non-custodial parent. Custodial parent is voluntarily impoverished and has been unemployed now for 6 years. Can they file for and...

Child Support Modification

Custody, Divorce Questions and Answers

Question:  What does it usually mean when you receive an order that my motion to dismiss child support modification is denied? Does this mean that the judge looked at the evidence I presented in my pleadings and decided against me? So now, we go back to court? Answer...

Child Custody during COVID: Does my child have to visit the other parent?

Custody

Parents everywhere are terrifically concerned about how to best protect their children while at the same time abiding my Court Orders that require them to send the child over to the other parent’s house. What can they do? What must they do? Our attorneys...

ADULT GUARDIANSHIPS

Custody

What is a guardianship and do I need to get one for my loved one? There are two types of adult guardianships in Maryland:  guardians of the person and guardians of the property.  A guardian of the person covers authority of medical, contractual, and day-to-day...

ADOPTION

Custody

Adoption is the legal process by which an adult takes a child into his/her own family, treating that child as his/her own child, and giving that child all the rights and duties of his own child.  Of course, before this process happens a loving familial bond is already...