Mediation is a process whereby divorce parties settle disputes outside the traditional courtroom environment with the assistance of a professional mediator. Here are some tips to be fully prepared when spouses arrive for their first mediation session.

Hardly a month had passed without a new high-profile divorce case appearing in the news headlines. Mr. Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft and one of the wealthiest men in the world, separated from his wife Melinda back in 2021. In this post, we’ll take a quick look at this well-known example of marital dissolution and see what lessons Marylanders can take away.

In a recent case, Maryland courts were faced with a new issue: does having “phone sex” count as cohabitation for purposes of obtaining a divorce on the grounds of separation? In this post, we will go over the facts of this case and discuss its significance.

In the case of Agbara v. Okoji (2020), we saw this type of misuse of the divorce process precisely when a husband attempted to relitigate an already thoroughly litigated issue. Let’s go over the details of this critical case.

In the context of family law, disputes seem without end. There are many possible disputes that can occur because people are often unhappy with the resolution of a given dispute. It’s not uncommon for parties to attempt to relitigate the same dispute after a court decision has already been made. When this happens, this additional attempt to relitigate is shut down under a principle called Res Judicata.