Judge Waldo A. Maring was born in Andrews, South Carolina on September 1, 1951, the fifth of six children of the late Robert L. and Maude Marshall Maring.  He is married to the former Teresa Collins Gaskins of Georgetown, South Carolina, and has three daughters and a son: Tara, Shanna, Lacie and Jamie.  Judge Maring currently resides in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.

Judge Maring attended public schools in Williamsburg County and graduated from Williamsburg High School.  He graduated from Columbia Commercial College with a Degree in Business Administration.

In 1980, he was elected as Probate Judge for Georgetown County.  Judge Maring is currently serving his eighth term.

Judge Maring served on the Andrews Town Council from 1976 to 1981 and also served as Mayor Pro Tempore from 1978 to 1981.  From 1983 to 1990 and 2004-2009, he served on the South Carolina Court Administration’s Probate Judges Advisory Committee. He served as President of the South Carolina Association of Probate Judges from 1987 to 1988.  In 1993, 1995, 2005, 2007 and 2009, he served on the faculty for New Probate Judges Training.  He was appointed to the South Carolina Judicial Council in 1992 and served until 2000.

Judge Maring is a member of the South Carolina Association of Probate Judges and the National College of Probate Judges.