Child Support

A recently passed law will soon require Maryland gamblers who owe child support to pay up. Beginning Oct. 1, Maryland residents will have to report their earnings from gambling as part of their income. In effect, the bill that passed the Maryland General Assembly will...

The former wife of Latin crooner Marc Anthony recently took him to a Los Angeles, California, court to get him to pay more child support to her for raising their two children. Anthony had previously been paying the alleged amount of $13,000 per month to Dayanara...

If you're expected to have to pay child support, you might decide to seek custody instead of reducing your payments. In cases like this one, that might be one of your options in Maryland. According to the news from Feb. 23, Ludacris, a well-known rapper, wants to seek...

Having children comes with the obligation to support them. That is an obligation most mature adults realize that continues regardless of whether or not a marriage continues. For some narcissistic ex-spouses, however, there may be major resentments about having to pay...

Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal that a nationwide shortfall of as much as $14 billion in child support due goes unpaid annually. Divided up, that translates to children not receiving as much as a third of the money that is supposed to pay for their...

Authorities from a number of sheriff's offices and the Maryland State Police recently conducted a statewide sweep aimed at detaining noncustodial parents with warrants for failing to pay child support. In Prince George's County alone, a team of 11 deputies with the...

In the latest development in a long-running child support dispute, French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault was asked why he failed to promptly accept paternity of his son, whose mother is supermodel Linda Evangelista. Pinault claimed he was distracted by the birth...

A former NBA player famous for being part of an NCAA basketball team and a group referred to as the "Fab Five" in the early 1990s has been arrested for failing to make outstanding child support payments. In Maryland, parents owed child support may seek judicial...