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The Maryland Courts’ family law divorce page outlines the legal process, required documents, and settlement options, including mediation and parenting plans. While legal help isn’t required, many ...

If you’re separated and in the process of getting a divorce, dating someone new can complicate things legally. Especially if the divorce is not amicable. Adultery is no longer considered fault-based ...

Getting divorced in Maryland just got a little easier. New laws that went into effect Sunday will streamline the process, shaving months of mandatory waiting times, eliminating the at-fault ...

Among new laws that went into effect in Maryland on Oct. 1 is one that streamlines the state’s notoriously lengthy and sometimes contentious divorce process. One of the biggest changes is eliminating ...

A Montgomery County lawyer who repeatedly filed retaliatory and meritless claims against his ex-wife and judges who ruled against him, among others, in out-of-state jurisdictions has been indefinitely ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — This state routinely grants divorces for couples who married in other states, and divorces for same-sex couples should be no different, lawyers for a lesbian couple told the state's ...

Ending a marriage in Maryland will get easier and faster when a no-fault divorce law takes effect Sunday. The Democrat-led General Assembly passed the measure on April 7, and Democratic Gov. Wes Moore ...

Transgender and nonbinary people make up 4.2% of Maryland’s adult population and 20% have children, UCLA’s Williams Institute Nationwide, 26% of transgender people are married, a 2023 KFF study Like ...