Maryland Child Support Legal Questions

Assuming you no longer live in Maryland, you question whether a Maryland child support order still applies since your wife's relocation outside of Maryland. That is not against the law, it is the law! Maryland (like most other states) adopted the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act that gives the original state continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to enforce or modify its child support order unless all parties consent to submit the case to another state where at least one of the parties now resides with the child. This discourages parties from relocating to reduce child support. Very technical area of the law - consult an attorney!... Read More

You should have a lawyer with you throughout until the child turns adult age. Until then the child-parent will always be dragging you to court for one thing or another. I highly doubt that you will be able to get an extension for the payment.What you might be able to do is contact the other parent and explain the situation. This will be the only way you can get away from contempt. I would need to know more details but contact the other parent sounds like the most viable option. Above answer and comments to questions are for general purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or establishes an attorney-client relationship without a signed retainer. Please reach out to an attorney you are comfortable with working and discussing your case in more details. If you can not afford a private attorney, you may be eligible for a Pro Bono lawyer provided by some courts and if not, feel free to ask about our affordable payment plans.... Read More

When did you submit modification? Did you use an assistance of a qualified representative to go through the process or did you did it yourself? Your details sound like you did it yourself. I would like to know more details about the issue and see what I can assist you with. I have attorneys licensed in other states, but we can assist in MD as we usually come to MD for other clients cases. If you like you can email me any and all documents to be reviewed free of cost at help@smsattorneys.com // if you can not afford an attorney, we do provide services for indigent // low-income clients at a reduced affordable rate. Above answer and comments to questions are for general purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or establishes an attorney-client relationship without a signed retainer. Please reach out to an attorney you are comfortable with working and discussing your case in more details.... Read More

Hi Fatima, this is Ahsan from New York. Your question sounds like you are representing yourself in child support matter. An attorney would be able to review the case details and take appropriate measures to resolve the case. It’s best to discuss the case details directly than to correspond in public question answer. So feel free to give me a call Thursday any time to go over your situation and I will see what we can do to help you. You can call me Thursday or text me any time at 212-387-8001. I travel from state to state and I love traveling to MD so I am looking forward to hearing from you.... Read More