The first years of marriage are often very challenging for new couples. Especially if they have never lived together before, they might struggle to adjust to cohabitation. After a couple has spent a few decades together, people tend to take their...
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The longer you have stayed married, the more intertwined your finances have become with your spouse’s. Married couples share bank accounts, paychecks and houses. You also probably plan to share retirement savings and plan to split the expenses...
Something that you need to keep in mind during your divorce is that the court wants to see that you are doing what’s in your children’s best interests at all times. The last thing any judge wants to see is one parent who is unwilling to...
When you’re involved in a divorce case with children, you will need to work with a Child’s Best Interest Attorney, or BIA. The BIA is an attorney whom the court appoints to protect your child’s best interests during a...
Some people don’t realize their marriage is in trouble until their spouse serves them with divorce paperwork. Rather than having time to slowly adjust to the idea of a separation, these people may have to arrange for someplace else to live and...
Maryland Prohibits Restrictions on a Condominium Owner’s Right to Park in Order to Collect Delinquent Assessments
On June 23, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Maryland issued the long awaited decision in Elvaton Towne Condominium Regime II, Inc., et al. v. William Rose, et ux, 217 Md. Lexis 449 (2017), which prohibits any Maryland Condominium from restricting a unit...
The modern divorce process doesn’t always require couples to state an explicit reason that they want to end the marriage. It’s often enough for them to say that they can’t reconcile their differences. These differences may be minor,...
Buying, inheriting or building a business often occurs while you are already married. If you didn’t own a company when you got engaged, you probably didn’t put any kind of prenuptial protections in place for your future business...
In recent years, the divorce rate among American couples over the age of 50 has increased significantly. While the end of their marriage can offer people new opportunities, divorce can also bring unique challenges to older people. What should people...