Category: Family Law

With some frequency a party may claim that the other party in a divorce case has sexually abused a child and therefore the parent who has not committed the sexual abuse seeks a court order precluding visitation by the alleged perpetrator of the alleged abuse. In a recent case Michael Gerald D v. Roseannb, 220  … Read more

People post all kinds of information on Facebook with the expectation that their postings are private because they are limited by the person posting the information to the privacy setting on Facebook. A recent appellate case in Florida demonstrates the fallacy of this belief. In Maria F. Leon Nucci v. Target Corporation, the Fourth District  … Read more

In preparing for a complex divorce case one must consider the range of potential expert witnesses who may be required in order to prove your case. These expert witnesses include the following: Physicians. Many cases involve questions of medical conditions which may impede a person’s ability to work or a persons’s ability to earn an  … Read more

Notwithstanding that Maryland the statutory scheme favors fixed term rehabilitative alimony rather than indefinite alimony, indefinite alimony is still alive in Maryland under certain circumstances. The recent case of Bryant v. Bryant, released by the Court of Special Appeals on October 30, 2014 demonstrates the viability of indefinite alimony under certain circumstances. InBryant the husband’s  … Read more

The majority of alimony cases involving divorcing couples involve husbands paying alimony to their wives. A recent unreported case from the Court of Special Appeals Walter E. Buck v. Gabriel B. Buck demonstrates that a female with substantially more income and assets than her husband may be required to pay alimony. In Buck the Court  … Read more

In a recent case the Court of Special Appeals in Leineweber v. Lieneweber, held that for the first time in Maryland that deferred income should be included in the child support calculation only in the year that it was earned and not during the subsequent when it was actually received. InLeineweber the husband was employed  … Read more

In Maryland, a person is protected from domestic violence by the Domestic Violence Statute found in the Family Law Article Sections 4-501 through 4-516. Domestic abuse in Maryland is defined as an act that causes serious bodily harm, an act that places a person in fear of imminent serious bodily harm, assault in any degree,  … Read more

Lawyers who practice divorce law are frequently asked about the effect of adultery by one spouse in a divorce case. There are two principal areas in which adultery may affect the outcome of a divorce case. In Maryland, if a party can prove the other spouse has committed adultery, the party whose spouse committed adultery  … Read more

Child Support in Maryland is calculated based on a formula that is controlled by law in the state of Maryland. The calculation is based on the use of Child Support Guidelines. For parents whose combined income is $180,000.00 or less, the formula set forth in the statute that combines the income of the parties, also  … Read more

Clients coming to an attorney for a first visit to discuss a potential divorce are often confused as to what documents will be needed in their case. At a minimum your attorney will want to have the following documents: Any prenuptial or postnuptial agreements. Copies of all e mails, texts and/or correspondence between the parties  … Read more