Child Support Modification - Preparation Worksheet - Maryland

MARYLAND CHILD SUPPORT MODIFICATION WORKSHEET

Use this worksheet to prepare current Maryland Judiciary Form CC-DR-006,
Motion to Modify Child Support / Counterclaim to Motion to Modify or Petition
for Contempt. Do not file this worksheet in place of the official form.

1. Case and Order Information

2. Children Covered by the Order

3. OFFICIAL-FORM ROUTE AND CHANGE FACTS

3.1 Filing Route

• ☐ Original motion to modify child support
• ☐ Counterclaim to a motion to modify child support
• ☐ Counterclaim to a petition for contempt for failure to pay child support

CC-DR-006 states that the form is used only when more than 30 days have passed
since entry of the order establishing or modifying child support. Date of most
recent order: [__/__/____]. Filing-date gate checked: ☐ Yes.

3.2 Relationship and Children

Moving party's relationship to the child or children:

☐ Mother ☐ Father ☐ Other: [________________________________]

Include an adult disabled child or a child under age 19 enrolled in secondary
school only after counsel confirms the official form and current law cover the
requested relief.

3.3 Changed Circumstances

Check each official-form category supported by facts and attach evidence:

• ☐ Child expenses substantially increased: [________________________________]
• ☐ Child expenses substantially decreased: [________________________________]
• ☐ [NAME]'s income substantially increased: [________________________________]
• ☐ [NAME]'s income substantially decreased: [________________________________]

• ☐ A child is no longer entitled to support because of age, school status,
  marriage, emancipation, or death: [________________________________]

• ☐ Other change: [________________________________]

This worksheet does not invent a percentage threshold, automatic adjustment,
annual exchange, cure period, default, or private enforcement mechanism.

4. Change Register

5. FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND CALCULATION PACKET

CC-DR-006 directs the filer to attach the current financial statement selected
by the parents' combined gross monthly income, not take-home pay:

• ☐ $30,000 or less — current CC-DR-030 attached
• ☐ More than $30,000 — current CC-DR-031 attached

Use the current Maryland calculation materials and case-specific inputs. This
worksheet states no guideline amount, income definition, deviation rule,
effective date, medical-support allocation, or withholding result.

Existing monthly support: $[________]
Requested amount shown on official filing: $[________]

6. Requested Order

• ☐ Increase child support.
• ☐ Decrease child support.

• ☐ Pay support by Earnings Withholding Order through the local support
  enforcement agency.

• ☐ Pay support directly to the person who has custody.

• ☐ Order [NAME] to provide health insurance for the child or children.
• ☐ Dismiss or deny the opposing motion to modify.
• ☐ Dismiss or deny the petition for contempt.
• ☐ Request other appropriate relief: [TERMS AND REVIEWED AUTHORITY].

This worksheet creates no private annual-adjustment mechanism, default,
fee-shifting, indemnity, arbitration, liability cap, or enforcement remedy.

7. Evidence and Disclosure Checklist

• ☐ Existing order and every later child-support order
• ☐ Current income records for both parties
• ☐ Current CC-DR-030 or CC-DR-031 and supporting income records
• ☐ Placement calendar or order
• ☐ Child-care invoices and payment proof
• ☐ Health-insurance premium and coverage records
• ☐ Unreimbursed health-expense records
• ☐ Evidence supporting every asserted change
• ☐ Protected-address or confidential-information procedure, if applicable

8. Filing and Service Checklist

• ☐ Current CC-DR-006 revision confirmed
• ☐ Correct Maryland circuit court, city or county, caption, and case number confirmed
• ☐ Restricted Information box and MDJ-008 notice requirement checked
• ☐ Correct current financial statement attached
• ☐ Filing fee or waiver route confirmed
• ☐ Original motion: clerk-issued summons, motion, and attachments served

• ☐ If the Child Support Administration collects payments: copies of the
  summons, motion, and attachments mailed to the local child-support office

• ☐ Counterclaim: current Certificate of Service completed and filed

• ☐ Hearing, response, and local scheduling procedure confirmed
• ☐ Any local scheduling or filing instruction confirmed

9. Drafting Outline

OFFICIAL SOURCE

• Maryland Judiciary Form CC-DR-006 (Rev. 10/2025)