Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

Re: child support

A judgment for child support, like any other judgment, is enforceable in several ways. If the ncp/judgment debtor is employed, you can file a garnishment of wages with her employer. I'm assuming she isn't employed, or else the court could have and should have entered an earnings withholding order to be served on the employer, who would then be obligated to deduct the money directly from her paycheck and send it to the child support office, which would then forward it to you. If she had a bank or other financial account, you could serve an attachment on that. Both these types of attachments have to be issued by the clerk of the court after you apply for them. Attaching a vehicle is more complicated and usually doesn't pay, since you have to post a bond and may not realize much from a forced sale. The other thing you could do after 30 days is get a court order requiring her to produce financial records and come to court to answer questions about her assets.