LACY v. ARVIN

No. 1498, Sept. Term, 2000.

780 A.2d 1180 (2001)

140 Md. App. 412

Reno Edward LACY, Sr. v. Laura Maureen ARVIN.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

September 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monica L. Scherer (Silverman & Thompson, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Joseph Spillman, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. and Mary C. Murphy, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before HOLLANDER, DEBORAH S. EYLER, and JAMES S. GETTY (Ret'd, specially assigned), JJ.


DEBORAH S. EYLER, Judge.

In this case, we must determine whether a contractual agreement between separated parents by which the non-custodial parent pays child support without the compulsion of a court order can be a "preexisting reasonable child support obligation," under Md.Code (1984, 1999 Repl.Vol., 2000 Supp.) section 12-201(d)(1) of the Family Law Article ("FL"), so as to...

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