Maryland law
Selling a Home During Divorce
When a divorcing couple is litigating, one of the hardest assets to deal with can be the marital home. Often the topic of what to do with the house can be both an emotional and a financial strain. Can I sell the house? Usually, both spouses are on the title to the marital home. When…
Read More5 Ways Maryland’s Long Form Financial Statement Can Help You
Most people would rather go to the dentist than sit and go over their finances and then also must disclose those numbers to their attorneys and the opposing party. Not fun. But most of our family law clients (both in divorce and custody cases) are going to have to fill out Maryland’s Long Form Financial…
Read MoreThink Second Parent Adoptions Are A Thing Of the Past? Think Again. Conover v. Conover.
Yesterday, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals released its latest opinion on third party custody rights in Conover v. Conover. This case involved a lesbian couple. One of the couple, the biological parent, was inseminated and carried the child and the other woman, the non-biological parent, held herself out as the parent to the child,…
Read MoreWhat If My Husband’s Name Is On The Ashley Madison List?
In the wake of the Ashley Madison hack, we’ve been getting a lot of inquiries about what to do with the information that your spouse may be committing adultery. McCabe RussellAt McCabe Russell, PA, we have an established reputation as assertive and confident negotiators and litigators, offering legal guidance designed to eliminate any of our…
Read MoreMutual Consent Grounds For Divorce in Maryland
Updated July 2020 As of October 2018, mutual consent has been an option for divorcing couples in Maryland. The final version of the law is slightly different from what was originally proposed in 2015. Now, parents with minor children may also file for divorce using mutual consent grounds. You can read the text in its…
Read MoreUpcoming Changes In Maryland Domestic Violence Laws
Maryland domestic violence laws are changing. Earlier this year, Governor O’Malley signed into law several changes to Maryland’s protective order statutes, which are set to go into effect on October 1, 2014. Perhaps the biggest change is the lowering of the burden of proof for final protective and peace orders from “clear and convincing evidence,”…
Read MoreWhat is Third Party Custody in Maryland?
In Maryland what is third party custody? In the most traditionally defined family arrangement, a child has a biological mother and father. But families come in all sorts of configurations and change with circumstances. When a person not outside of the traditional, legal definition seeks custody or visitation of a child – that person is…
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