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Divorce Preparation and Handling Tips

When you decide to call it quits in a marriage, the experience is not always easy. Even if your spouse is cooperative, navigating the separation and divorce can leave you feeling stressed. But there are various resources you can take advantage of to ensure that you...

Mediation

Mediation is a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). It is an informal, confidential process in which you and the other party meet with a neutral third-party (“the mediator”) to attempt to reach an agreement. Mediators are highly trained and must take a...

Divorce and Paying a Child’s College Expenses

A growing concern of parents is the cost of college for their children. We are often asked by clients if the Court can order a parent to contribute to a child’s college expenses. Unfortunately, in Maryland there is no obligation for parents to continue paying child...

Can a Child Support Order Be Changed?

A question we are frequently asked during this economic slowdown is whether or not child support can be changed. The answer is it can be, and the sooner the better, but if an adjustment will actually be made depends on whether you can show that something in your life...

What is Contempt?

Contempt is the way the court enforces its orders. To be held in contempt means you willfully violated a court order. If that sounds ominous, it should, because the court can impose fines and/or jail time on a party who is found in contempt. Issues regarding children...

How is Coronavirus Affecting Divorce?

As we practice social distancing and shelter in place across the state of Maryland, one ugly truth has emerged: some of us are sheltering in place with a person we no longer have the same feelings for that we once did. The result? Domestic violence is skyrocketing....