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In Maryland child-custody falls into two categories: legal custody and physical custody. Legal custody pertains to a parent’s decision-making authority regarding a child’s health, education, and religious upbringing. Legal custody can be sole or joint.… Read More

To be clear, property that has been acquired during the marriage by gift or inheritance from a third party is non-marital property. However, the problem that often occurs is that the non-marital gift or inheritance… Read More

A court has the power to order the sale of jointly owned property and divide the proceeds equally. However, if property is titled only in the name of one spouse, then generally a court canNOT… Read More

If both spouses want to keep the same property—the marital home, for example—who can keep it depends upon how the property is titled. If the home is titled in one spouse’s name, then only that… Read More

Maryland child support guidelines are formula calculations applied by the court to determine the amount of child support paid between parents when the parents’ combined income is $15,000 or less per month. Note that this… Read More

A prenuptial agreement is meant to protect both parties during a marriage and to reduce the need for court involvement or messy legal battles if there is a problem within the marriage. The content of… Read More

There are several ways to value this type of property. One way is for the parties to agree on the values. This should be the goal and it is certainly the easiest and least expensive… Read More

Maryland is an equitable—not equal—division state when it comes to dividing marital property between spouses. However absent extraordinary facts, there is generally an equal division of marital property at the time of divorce. That concept… Read More