Dealing with tax issues during a separation and divorce can be stressful and emotional, but addressing them early and logically can benefit both spouses and the family as a whole. The federal tax code has rules specifically for divorcing couples ...

ANNAPOLIS – Two similar bills in the General Assembly that would eliminate the requirement that divorcing couples bring corroborating witnesses to court to prove their grounds may be combined after discussions between their sponsors at a hearing Tuesday. House Bill ...

Repeated calls, emails, packages and even showing up at someone’s home or work may be insufficient to get a stalking conviction in Maryland. For domestic violence advocates, the fact that these behaviors are not seen as criminal in the eyes ...

Four months after Maryland’s law permitting divorce by mutual consent went into effect, pending legislation in the General Assembly session seeks to clarify the process, which in practice varies depending on the jurisdiction. The law, passed in 2015, permits a ...

Children in the foster care system run the risk of “falling off the cliff” when they age out of the system and get cut off from services they were connected to for years. In the case of disabled youth, the ...

Juvenile courts can order seriously disabled children under the guardianship of the state to continue receiving care after they age out of the foster system to prevent a lapse in services during the transition to the adult system, the state ...

Legislation designed to add a presumption to custody disputes that joint physical custody with equal parenting time is in the best interest of the child has been introduced in various forms over the years but has never gained much traction ...

Even if a divorcing couple consists of two able-bodied individuals with no signs of disability, it may be a good idea to put that fact in writing as a result of a recent Court of Special Appeals decision. The case ...

A courtroom is an intimidating place for adults and can be even more distressing for children, whether are moving through the juvenile justice system or watching parents get divorced. Though judges are accustomed to seeing children in court, they often ...