Child Support

Residents of Maryland who are ordered to pay child support are currently only obligated to make payments until their children become legal adults, but a new state bill could change that. The Maryland House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote soon on HB 986, which...

In an effort to transform Maryland to a national leader in child support collection, a new director of the Maryland Child Support Enforcement Administration was appointed. The news comes three months after an audit found that the state failed to collect more than $1.7...

In a case that some in Maryland can likely relate to, a court has ordered that an Australia man be repaid approximately $13,000 in child support after a DNA test proved that he was not the father of his ex-wife's son. He secretly took a paternity test after his...

The Maryland Department of Human Resources may fire employees responsible for failing to properly collect and monitor benefits for poor citizens, according to an announcement by the DHR secretary in Annapolis. An official with the department explained that he is...

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...

The Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of a man who was imprisoned for a year for failing to pay almost $6,000 in child support payments. The court ruled that by jailing the man, his right to due process had been violated because no efforts were made to determine...