Mayor and Council of Rockville v. Randolph

This dispute was hatched when the chancellor, Bar-rick, J., in November 1971, ordered the appellant (Rock-ville) to deduct $15 per week from the salary of James Gross. He further ordered that checks therefor be made payable to the appellee (Ellen) and delivered to the “Office of the Circuit Court Investigator for Montgomery County.” Ellen had instituted, in 1965, a “Paternity Proceeding” pursuant to the provisions of Code (1966 Repl. Vol.), Art. 16, §§ 66A-66P. Gross had admitted he was the father of Ellen’s daughter Brenda Lee and he had acknowledged his obligation to support her. The…