Q: Meaning of “it is further ordered that the matter of child support be resolved upon the filing of appropriate pleading”
My ex wife and I have a signed Judgment of Absolute Divorce and now she treating to take down for child support and maybe full custody. We have a ordered of joint legal custody now and the original question with other orders in affect. I just want to know if she can file to change anything 2yrs later. We are in Maryland.
A: The visitation schedule, child support, and legal custody can all be modified at any time upon one party filing a motion and supporting the change with evidence of a material change in circumstances from when the last court order was entered. If there was never a determination of the amount of child support, then no special circumstances need be shown: the court is simply being called upon to set the appropriate amount.
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