by Nasheia Smith | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 4 minutes
Not as easy as you would think If you are facing a divorce or child custody case, we understand child support is likely to be one of your primary worries. Whether are you are planning to be the custodial parent, or the one paying child support, you’re probably extremely interested in how much that child...
by Nasheia Smith | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 3 minutes
I saw a recent news article about a stay at home mom trying to refinance her house. She was running into major problems. She thought she should be able to just refinance the house into her name only, but the bank wasn’t willing to do it. She was surprised this was a problem. It made...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Laughing @ Lawyers | Reading Time: 2 minutes
Workers’ compensation fraud is not funny. Luckily, it is also pretty rare. I have had very few clients caught on video doing something they claimed they couldn’t do, but I could count them on one hand. That is pretty good for an 30 year career so far. But sometimes, a workers’ comp fraud case is...
by Dave Gormley | Posted in Civil Law & Consumer | Reading Time: 3 minutes
In Maryland you will often see cases where the lender just sues the cosigner. This can be very frustrating for the cosigner of a loan. They probably thought they were just helping out. They probably thought they couldn’t get sued themselves. People in this situation who come to us for a bankruptcy consult or civil...
by Nasheia Smith | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 3 minutes
The following content was updated in July 2022 Most of us know it is simply common sense not to leave a young child unattended. But did you know Maryland has a specific law on when you can legally leave a child unattended? Did you know Maryland provides an exact age requirement for leaving children unattended?...
by Dave Gormley | Posted in Legal-ease Blog | Reading Time: < 1 minute
To help ease some of the holiday traffic we are staying off the roads and working from home on Friday February 16th. While we won’t be in the office, we are set up to fully serve our clients by phone or zoom. Have some documents to drop off? Just leave them in our secure drop...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Legal-ease Blog | Reading Time: < 1 minute
Our friends at Alcock & Associates in Phoenix came up with a great infographic to explain what you should do if you are injured in an auto accident. Give it a look and share it with anyone you know who has been injured in a motor vehicle accident. This is good advice and applies to...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Civil Law & Consumer | Reading Time: 4 minutes
It’s daylight savings time again – when you are supposed to replace the batteries in your smoke detectors. This year, you should consider replacing more than batteries. You probably have the wrong type of smoke detector in your house! When we bought our house it came with the original issue smoke detectors. That January there was...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 4 minutes
Maryland divorce laws are getting a major overhaul this year, effective October 1, 2023. These changes are designed to bring Maryland into the modern age and make getting a divorce less time consuming and expensive. It is also supposed to dramatically cut down the fighting between divorcing couples. While that last goal remains to be...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Civil Law & Consumer | Reading Time: 4 minutes
The Maryland legislature was unusually busy this past session, and they passed a lot of new Maryland laws. Some took effect in July (like the marijuana legislation) but most take effect October 1, 2023. While hundreds of laws are passed each year, we have tried to focus on the laws most likely to affect you...
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