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Maryland Divorce Information
The Maryland Divorce Section will provide a resource directory of focused professionals. Lawyers, mediators, negotiators, counsellors, accountants, financial planners and other professionals providing all the information you will need to assess your position and take the necessary steps to successfully navigate your divorce. Child custody, child support, visitation arrangements, alimony, division of assets and debts, while similar, are different in each state.
![Maryland Divorce Laws
Maryland divorce laws for people considering a Maryland divorce or filing a Maryland divorce with issues to be resolved about child custody, child support, visitation and alimony. Maryland Statues can be viewed at http://mlis.state.md.us/. Statues cover but are not limited to the following subjects:
• Divorce Definitions
• Divorce Residency Requirements
• Grounds for Divorce
• Uncontested Divorce
• Simplified Divorce Process
• Military Divorce Laws
• Child Custody
• Child Support Considerations
• Child Support Definitions
• Child Support Guidelines
• Spousal Support, Maintenance, and Alimony guidelines
• Property Division Considerations
• Grandparents’ Rights
Maryland Divorce Definitions
These definitions will help you understand some unique characteristics to the Maryland Divorce laws, process and paperwork which is filed with the court.
Filing Party Title: Plaintiff - The spouse who will initiate the Divorce by filing the required paperwork with the court.
Non-Filing Party Title: Defendant -The spouse who does not initiate the Divorce with the court.
Court Name: In the Circuit Court for _____ , Maryland -The proper name of the court in which a Divorce is filed in the state of Maryland. Each jurisdictional court typically has a domestic relations or a family law department or division.
Child Support Enforcement Website:
http://www.dhr.state.md.us/csea/index.htm -The state run office devoted to enforcing existing child support orders and collecting any past due child support.
Document Introduction: In Re the Marriage of:-The lead-in verbiage used in the legal caption or header of the documents filed with the court. The introduction typically prefaces both spouse’s names.
Initial Divorce Document: Complaint for Absolute Divorce-The title and name of the legal document that will initiate the Maryland Divorce process. The filing spouse is also required to provide the non-filing spouse a copy of this document.
Final Divorce Document: Judgment of Absolute Divorce-The title and name of the legal document that will finalize the Maryland Divorce process. This document will be signed by the judge, master, or referee of the court to declare your marriage officially terminated.
Clerk’s Office Name: Office of the Clerk of the County Circuit Court-The office of the clerk that will facilitate the Divorce process. This is the title you would address letters to or ask for when contacting the courthouse.
Legal Separation:The grounds for a legal separation (limited divorce) are: (1) willful desertion; (2) cruel and inhuman treatment; and (3) voluntary separation and living separate and apart without cohabitation. The legal separation may be temporary or permanent. The spouses must make a good-faith effort to reconcile their differences. [Annotated Code of Maryland; Family Law, Section 7-102].
Property Distribution: Equitable Distribution -The applicable Maryland law that will dictate how property and debt is to be divided upon Divorce.
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