Maryland Reforms Child Support to Benefit Kids - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

Maryland Reforms Child Support to Benefit Kids - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

BALTIMORE, Md. — Maryland has enacted two new laws to reform its child support system, aiming to ensure payments reach children and ease burdens on low-income parents. Signed by Governor Wes Moore, House Bill 881 introduces a full child support pass-through, while House Bill 681 exempts certain parents from driver’s license suspensions for unpaid support. These measures address long-standing issues faced by custodial and non-custodial parents, p…

Child support reimbursement order vacated by SJC

A judge’s order requiring one parent to reimburse the other for overpayment of child support has been vacated by the Supreme Judicial Court because the reimbursement order was not for the support or maintenance of the child.