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Thomas Holbrook v. Susan Cummings, No. 964, September Term, 1999

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FAMILY LAW -- MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT -- Whether a Maryland court can modify a child support order issued by a foreign court so as to reduce duration.

REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 964 September Term, 1999 ___________________________________

THOMAS HOLBROOK

v.

SUSAN CUMMINGS

___________________________________ Adkins, Krauser, Alpert, Paul E. (Ret., specially assigned), JJ. ____________________________________ Opinion by Alpert, J. ____________________________________ Filed: May 1, 2000

On April 7, 1986, the New York Supreme Court entered a judgment of absolute divorce dissolving the marriage between appellant Thomas Holbrook and appellee Susan Cummings. The New

York Order directed Mr. Holbrook to pay child support in the amount of $250 per week effective April 7, 1986 for the couple's only child, Tanner, who was born on October 11, 1980. The Order

did not specify a date on which Mr. Holbrook's obligation to pay child support would end, although under New York law, the obligation to pay child support terminates when a child reaches the age of twenty-one. N.Y. Fam. Ct.

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