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 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 Nasheia Smith | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 3 minutes
Tales from the Courtroom Some horror stories in court are worse than any movie Hollywood ever came out with. We have some “horror stories” from lawyers about divorce cases they were involved in. On a popular website, there was a recent request for divorce lawyers to tell their most outrageous stories of divorce and child...
by Nasheia Smith | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 2 minutes
Attorney Faces Suspension for Unethical Affair and Billing Scandal A divorce lawyer has been indefinitely suspended from practicing law after having an affair with his client. But that isn’t the worst part. He was also billing her for the time they were together conducting their affair! Wow. That is a new low! According to news...
by Nasheia Smith | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 3 minutes
(2025 Note: This post is about a Maryland legal case in 2021. The law changed in 2023. To learn about the new law, see our Free Legal Guide to Divorce.) To get a divorce in Maryland, you need “grounds.” The most common ground for getting divorced is the one year voluntary separation. To achieve that,...
by Nasheia Smith | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 8 minutes
The breakup of a marriage is a painful and emotional process. In many ways it is the worst time to make smart decisions affecting your future. Yet it is very important that you do so. The decisions you make now can profoundly affect your life, and the lives of your children, for years. This post...
by Nasheia Smith | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 9 minutes
This post explains how alimony is handled in a typical Maryland divorce. It is part of our Free Legal Consumer Guide to Divorce in Maryland. Alimony is part of some, but not all, Maryland divorce cases. For all the details on Divorce in Maryland, click here to read our entire Free Legal Guide on Divorce...
by Nasheia Smith | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 4 minutes
Each tax filing season can bring up thorny issues that will affect couples long after they’ve separated. Unless ex-spouses can set aside their differences, one or both partners will often end up overpaying. For example, one tax preparer in a Wall Street Journal story told of a tax return he did where the wife was...
by Nasheia Smith | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 3 minutes
Just in time for tax season come two horror stories of people who have royally screwed up their taxes after their divorce by not paying alimony the right way. We want to remind you that getting a divorce attorney is not the only professional you need to hire. In any tax situation, you should seek...
by Nasheia Smith | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 2 minutes
Normally, the legal issue of who can claim the children will be something your lawyer will deal with during the divorce. If you have children of the marriage, your separation agreement or divorce decree will usually address the issue of who gets the kids at tax time. This is something that can be negotiated. You should...
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