Appendix: Sources

This appendix consolidates the outside authorities referenced throughout this book, grouped by type. Todd Mohink's own positions and case experience, drawn from recorded episodes of Maryland Law Explained with Todd Mohink, appear inline throughout the chapters rather than in this reference list.

• Md. Code, Family Law § 7-103. Maryland's three no-fault grounds for absolute divorce (mutual consent, six-month separation, and irreconcilable differences), the foundation of the grounds discussion in Chapter 2. Family Law § 7-103
• Md. Code, Family Law § 8-206. States the purpose behind a family-home use-and-possession order, discussed in Chapter 6. Family Law § 8-206
• Md. Code, Family Law § 8-208. Authorizes a court to divide possession and use of the family home between both parties rather than award it to one exclusively, discussed in Chapter 6. Family Law § 8-208
• Md. Code, Family Law § 8-210. Sets the specific mechanics of that order: no later than three years after the divorce or annulment is granted, or sooner if the party in possession remarries, discussed in Chapter 6. Family Law § 8-210
• Md. Code, Family Law § 11-102. Authorizes a court to award alimony pendente lite during a pending divorce, alimony, or annulment proceeding, discussed in Chapter 4. Family Law § 11-102
• Md. Code, Family Law § 12-104. Bars retroactive modification of a child support award to a date earlier than the modification motion's filing date, and names incarceration sufficiently reducing a party's ability to pay as its own qualifying material change, discussed in Chapter 11. Family Law § 12-104
• Md. Code, Family Law § 12-201. Defines actual income and adjusted actual income for child support purposes, including which self-employment expenses do not reduce income for guidelines calculations, discussed in Chapters 8 and 9. Family Law § 12-201
• Md. Code, Family Law § 12-204. Sets Maryland's child support guidelines schedule and combined-income ceiling, referenced in Chapter 8. Family Law § 12-204
• Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 3901 et seq. The federal law protecting a deployed service member from default judgment, discussed in Chapter 5. 50 U.S.C. § 3931

• Braun v. Headley, 131 Md. App. 588, 750 A.2d 624 (2000). The Court of Special Appeals decision Todd Mohink argued, establishing that a parent's constitutional right to travel does not override a child's best interests in a custody-relocation dispute, discussed in About the Author and referenced throughout. Braun v. Headley opinion
• Malin v. Mininberg, 153 Md. App. 358 (2003). The leading Maryland decision on voluntary impoverishment in child support cases, referenced in Chapter 11.
• Houser v. Houser, 262 Md. App. 473 (2024), aff'd sub nom. In re Marriage of Houser, No. 34, Sept. Term 2024 (Md. 2025). Held that child support is a right belonging to the child and cannot be waived by a parents' private agreement, discussed in Chapter 11. In re Marriage of Houser opinion

• Maryland State Bar Association, Family Law Section. The professional section Todd Mohink belongs to, referenced in About the Author.
• Anne Arundel County Bar Association. Home to the Family Law Committee Todd Mohink serves on. Anne Arundel County Bar Association

• University of Baltimore School of Law. Todd Mohink's J.D. institution, referenced in About the Author. University of Baltimore School of Law
• University of Maryland, College Park. Todd Mohink's undergraduate institution, referenced in About the Author. University of Maryland, College Park