O'BRIEN v. O'BRIEN

No. 30, Sept. Term, 2001.

790 A.2d 1 (2002)

367 Md. 547

William Robert O'BRIEN v. Colleen Victoria O'BRIEN.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Porter (Charles E. Chlan & Assoc., LLC, on brief), Columbia, for petitioner.

Louis Fireison (Michael A. Coogen, Jr. of Louis Fireison & Associates, P.A., on brief), Bethesda, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.


WILNER, Judge.

We granted certiorari to determine whether the Court of Special Appeals was correct in holding that respondent, Colleen O'Brien, who assumed actual care and custody of her minor sister, Fiona, following the death of their mother, may enforce an existing child support order entered against their father without first having been appointed as Fiona's guardian. See O'Brien v. O'Brien, 136 Md.App. 497,...

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