Is It Time to Overhaul Maryland’s Grounds for Divorce?

October 30th, 2019
Part 3 This blog, the third and last in a multi-part series, considering Maryland’s trends and other states’ grounds from Part 1 and Part 2, discusses whether it is time for Maryland to overhaul its grounds for divorce. I welcome hearing from rea… Read More
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Categories: Legal Developments
Tags: Absolute Divorce, Divorce, Grounds for Divorce, Limited Divorce, No Fault Divorce

Is it time to overhaul Maryland's grounds for divorce?

October 15th, 2019
Part 1 This blog, the first in a multi-part series, poses the question of whether it’s time to update Maryland’s grounds for divorce and starts to answer that question by looking at developments in Maryland over the last several years. We’ll th… Read More
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Categories: Legal Developments
Tags: Absolute Divorce, Divorce, Grounds for Divorce, Limited Divorce

2018 Maryland General Assembly - The Session of Mutual Consent

March 26th, 2018
2018 has been the Session of “Mutual Consent”, with four (4) bills proposing to change the Mutual Consent ground for divorce. SB120 proposes to eliminate the exclusion of no minor children in common, so making the Mutual Consent ground fo… Read More
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Categories: Divorce, Legal Developments, Litigation, Settlement
Tags: Grounds for Divorce, Mutual Consent

2018 Maryland Family Law Legislative Preview

December 26th, 2017
On January 10, the Maryland General Assembly begins its 2018 legislative session. The Maryland State Bar Association’s (MSBA) Family and Juvenile Law Section Council’s (FJLSC) Legislative Committee actively monitors family law and related… Read More
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Categories: Children & Custody, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Legislative News
Tags: Adultery, Children, Co-Parenting, Custody, Emancipation, Grounds for Divorce, Legislation, Marriage, Mutual Consent, Parenting Time