Legal Opinion
Sininger v. Sininger
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 23, 1984No. 83, September Term, 1983PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COUCH, Judge.
The issue presented in this case is whether a parent has a duty, enforceable in equity, to support an adult child who becomes disabled after the age of majority.
On December 10, 1980, Emma Sininger, appellee, filed a Bill of Complaint for Child Support against Donald Sining*606er, appellant, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. The parties had been divorced a vinculo matrimonii on February 19, 1969. Pursuant to the divorce, appellant paid child support for each of their three children until they reached the age of majority—age twenty one.1 By court order, payments were ended in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Borchert v. BorchertCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1946
- Monticello v. MonticelloCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
- Kruvant v. KruvantNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1968
- Smith v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
- Pocialik v. Federal Cement Tile Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1951
3Cited by14 opinions
- Frye v. FryeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
- Renko v. McLeanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
- Meyers v. MeyersNebraska Supreme Court · 1986
- Taylor v. TaylorMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- Casdorph v. CasdorphWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
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