Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

It's hard to give you a specific answer to your situation without more information. For instances are you a biological parent? Generally, it is public policy in Maryland that a parent is responsible for the care and maintenance of his/her children. This is true regardless of whether that parent chooses to have a relationship with the children or the State/Court determines that it's in the child's best interest to involuntarily terminate parental rights. Once can still request child support from a parent who is not involved with his/her children. You may wish to consult a Maryland family law attorney and discuss the specific facts of your case with that attorney. Best of luck.

The above does not establish an attorney-client relationship and is intended solely for informational purposes.

You write that your parental rights have been terminated. What do you mean by that? If you simply mean that the other parent doesn't want you to have a relationship with the child, then you still have to pay child support. Child support is not dependent on having access to the child. The lead Maryland case on the issues is Stancill v. Stancill.

If, however, there has been a formal Termination of Parental Rights order, or an adoption of your child, then under the law, you are no longer a parent of the child. You have no rights regarding the child, and no obligation to pay child support. In short, you are no longer a parent.