Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

contempt of court/child support etc.

In a recent trial was not given time for discovery or interrogatories. Nov. 2004 CSEA employed by Obligee, at same time Obligee and att. granted court order for direct payment of arrears and Health coverge. CSEA unaware of court order. Oct 2007 found guilty of contempt for failure to pay child support. Had ADP pay register of two seperate support deductions Obligees att. objected to registers as they ''are not actual pay stubs'' granted by judge. trial was extremely expedited and had absoluetly no time to prepare or counter anything. Postponement denied by same judge from proir hearing. payments made directly to obligee total several thousand $. These payments were intentionally hidden and since the trial I have been working very hard to recover all actual pay stubs, prints if actual checks made payable to obligee and am even trying to get the actual checks cashed by obligee. obligee and att. requested incarceration for non-payment due to not declairing these direct payments. would this be conspiracy to commit theft, theft, obstruction of justice? if i get enough evidence can i file charges? should i go to states attorney? can i file a lawsuit? i doubt a rehearing would be granted, what would be my options?


Asked on 5/19/08, 7:05 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Sher Wagshal and Sher

Re: contempt of court/child support etc.

I believe I answered your similar post recently. If you weren't prepared for trial, the fault is yours, because court scheduling always allows time to conduct necessary discovery. Your mistake was thinking you could represent yourself without adequate knowledge of the law or how the system works. If your direct payments were made by check, your monthly bank statements should include photocopies of the checks that were paid; if not, photocopies can be obtained from the bank. Your check register doesn't prove you actually sent the check to the obligee, which is why the court rejected that evidence. I would concentrate on that and forget about your conspiracy/criminal theories.

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Answered on 5/20/08, 9:33 am


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