Divorce

This post will discuss several reasons someone might hire a PI during a divorce case to confirm the occurrence of Adultery

In the case of Mullinax v. Mullinax (2022), a husband successfully prevented his former wife from obtaining indefinite or “permanent” alimony. Let’s look at this case in a bit of detail to understand better the conditions under which indefinite alimony might be granted in Maryland.

When dealing with alimony in divorce, we presume that a prenuptial agreement would quickly settle uncertainties, but as Luo v. Liu shows, this isn’t always true. In this post, we will give a brief rundown of this important case and then highlight its overall significance.

The common scenario in a marriage involves a spouse who works for an employer who provides a group health insurance plan, and this plan covers the other spouse. In this post, we will go over the basics of COBRA – the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act – which is a federal law designed to help ensure continued coverage for dependent spouses.

We’d go over some of the details of Maryland domestic violence law. Maryland addresses domestic violence more seriously than other case types. They tend to have different sanctions compared to other case types that can be both criminal and civil in nature.

It’s important that we keep up to date with new cases. In this post, we’re going to give brief summaries of two recent cases in Maryland family law – Malech v. Malech (2022) and Norris v. Norris (2022).

Learning about divorce statistics can give a deeper insight into the role of divorce in society. In this post, we’re going to examine a few key statistics on divorce here in the State of Maryland.

We don’t know how inflation will clearly impact family law. But we can confidently say that most couples should be looking at reducing costs, mostly in the short term. Let’s look at reducing costs in a divorce to better fight the crisis effects.

Property division is one of the main aspects of divorce. Maryland courts divide “marital property” based on established concepts.

We should ask ourselves: why is money such a major reason for divorce? Let’s look at a few reasons why finances so often play a big role in divorce.

Divorce can have various effects based on the situation. A person is called a “conditional resident" if their spouse's status was used to remain in the US. Conditional Residency can be impacted by a marital dissolution i.e. a divorce.

No matter how old-fashioned a person might be, very few Marylanders go about their lives today without at least some social media involvement. With this big change, we need to ask ourselves: how has social media impacted marriages?

Bankruptcy can affect an existing alimony or child support order.

In this post, we’re going to dive in and explore the fee structure of mediation in detail. They should give you a sense of the fees for mediation in many instances.

If a spouse commits adultery, does this affect how alimony is determined during the divorce? In this post, we will discuss how adultery can affect alimony awards in Maryland.