Prenuptial Agreements
Agreements between persons about to marry made before a ceremony is performed and in anticipation of marriage are usually called prenuptial contracts or agreements.
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Qualified Domestic Relations Order
To access a part of your spouse’s retirement, you must have a court order, often called a Qualified Domestic Relations Order.
How to Find Lost Vital Records
Vital records include birth certificates, death certificates, marriage records, and divorce records. The records are maintained by the state or local government where the event took place. Getting copies of these records can be a lengthy, frustrating, and even costly process. This is especially so if you need to hire someone to find them for you. Here is information about how to do it yourself.
Common Law Marriage
A "common law" marriage cannot be created in Maryland. However, Maryland does recognize as valid, common law marriages created outside of Maryland if the legal requirements of the other jurisdiction have been met.
Finding a Party
Start by gathering as much information as you possibly can. Begin with basic information, (name, age, social security number) and then expand from there.
Find Attorneys Charging a Fee
How to find Maryland attorneys through bar association lawyer referral services, attorney directories and specialized lists for consumer, elder, immigration, and social security law.
Who May Marry in Maryland
Married persons are generally regarded by the courts as parties to a contract. This contract can be validly entered into (or dissolved) only by following Maryland Family Law statutes.
Marital and Non-Marital Property in Maryland
With a few important exceptions, all the property that was acquired during a marriage is considered marital property.
Garnishment for Child Support and Alimony
The law allows a larger amount of earnings to be garnished for child support or alimony than for ordinary debts.
Legal Overview of Child Support
Both parents have a legal duty to support their child based to their ability to provide that support. Since 1990, Maryland has had child support guidelines in effect, which provide a formula for calculating child support based on a proportion of each parent's gross income.
Suing an Abuser in Civil Court
This article lists the causes of actions in civil court that a victim may bring against an abuser.
Evaluating Legal Websites
This article is intended to help you evaluate legal information that's available online.
Visitation/Supervised Visitation
Visitation is the part of the court order that defines when, how and where the non-custodial parent may have contact with the child.
Housing Protections and Options for Domestic Violence Victims
Protective Orders can provide housing protections. Maryland laws also give victims of domestic violence in rental housing added protections.
Finding and Using Secondary Sources
Secondary sources are resources that you can use to aid your understanding of the law but are not themselves considered law.
Name Change for a Child
Learn how to change a child’s name, what forms to use, and where to file.
Annulment
Annulment is a relatively rare special action that establishes that your marriage never existed. If a court finds the facts necessary to grant an annulment it is as if you and your spouse were never married.
Resources for Transferring Students
What to do, what to give the student's new school and what to do if the transfer is denied.
Joint Ownership of Real Property
Real property, which is also often referred to as real estate, is the land and the things that are permanently attached to it, like a house. Real property can have a sole owner. Real property can also have multiple owners. The owner may be a person, but the owners can also be a company, a trust, or other entity.
When is Refusal-to-Rent Illegal Housing Discrimination
People often wrongly assume that any discrimination by a landlord is illegal. “To discriminate” means simply to distinguish among available choices. Some of these distinctions are lawful; others are not.