Divorce

A new trend is emerging in the United States where more senior citizens are filing for divorce, and it is no different here in Maryland. In fact, according to a Bowling Green State University study, the divorce rate doubled between 1990 and 2010 for people 50...

The best interests of the children should be at the forefront of parents' minds when explaining divorce to them. However, when Maryland parents decide to divorce, sometimes their own emotions are so overwhelming that they fail to communicate with their children about...

There are many steps in the legal process for divorce, and the first thing that spouses may do is separate. While Maryland does not have legal separation laws, some grounds for divorce require the spouses to be separated before filing. During the separation or pending...

Many people in Maryland have probably heard the popular notion that 50 percent of all marriages will end in divorce. While this high rate may have been accurate in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the divorce rates of that era appear to have been an anomaly, as they...

Any property that spouses obtain during their marriage becomes marital property, no matter whose name is on it. This means that a car with only one spouse's name on it is considered jointly owned and subject to property division if the spouses divorce. During a...

In Maryland, a couple can file for one of two different types of divorce. The first type of divorce is the limited divorce. This form does not permit either party to remarry and it makes no decisions regarding property division. The second type is an absolute divorce,...

An absolute divorce is a complete dissolution of a marriage. Once this type of divorce is granted in Maryland, each of the parties can take on a new spouse. A spouse seeking an absolute divorce is advised to use the services of an attorney if the process is being...

One of the more difficult elements of a divorce is dividing maritally owned assets and debts. This is relatively simple for some cases, but for instances where couples have complicated finances, a forensic accountant may be helpful. Forensic accounting is often used...

Under current Maryland law there are two types of divorces allowed, "Absolute divorce" and "Limited divorce". In most cases, the law requires that both parties live separately for a period of 12 months before an absolute divorce is granted. There is no such thing as a...

July 19 marked the end of the 31st annual Firehouse Expo at the Baltimore Convention Center. The four-day event was chock-full of things you would expect when firefighters from all over get together to hold a convention. It is the largest of its kind on the east coast...