I sat across from a new client recently and declared, “You’re a fancy pants … I know this because it takes one to know one.” To her credit, this client took my comment in stride, and we had a good ...

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Family-law judges must consider the splitting spouses’ anticipated Social Security benefits when calculating monetary awards in divorce cases, a divided Maryland high court ruled Tuesday.

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With three weeks left in the General Assembly session, a number of bills affecting the courts are still moving through the legislature with varying degrees of support from attorneys.

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The chair of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee wants married couples with minor children to have the same path to divorce that childless couples do.

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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 ...

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Recently, I have been in intense negotiations between divorcing spouses. This is not work for the faint of heart. I finish each work day after these meetings feeling emotionally exhausted and, at times, unclear as to what has been accomplished. ...

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Not even the prestige of Maryland’s top jurist could convince the General Assembly this year to support a state constitutional amendment to end contested elections for circuit court judgeships.

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A freshman committee chair looking to make his mark, a legislator-cum-attorney general seeing if he still has State House sparkle and a state senator eying a congressional seat were able to celebrate Tuesday as the General Assembly this just-completed session passed bills they championed.

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The Maryland General Assembly on Monday passed legislation to enable married couples without minor children to divorce through settlement agreement and forgo the state’s one-year separation requirement before terminating a marriage. Both spouses would have to sign the agreement and be present when a judge grants their absolute divorce. The measure, if signed into law by Gov. Larry Hogan, would go into effect Oct. 1.

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Time permitting, the Maryland General Assembly appears poised to pass legislation that would enable married couples without children to divorce through settlement agreement and forgo waiting the state’s one-year separation requirement before terminating a marriage. Sen. Robert A. “Bobby” Zirkin, the bill’s chief sponsor, has called the measure a sensible way for couples to end their marriages when they can reach amicable agreements on the division of property without the acrimony of a trial or being legally bound to each other for 12 months.

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