Catonsville, Maryland, Legal Blog

Summer's here, with all its glory -- but if you're planning on being behind the wheel or in the car a lot this summer, you may not really enjoy those bright, sunny days as much as other people. Window tints are a great solution -- but they can also get you a hefty traffic ticket if you don't know the rules.

Here's a brief guide to the laws in Maryland and information you should know:

If you are a single parent, it is likely that you have been paying child support for a significant amount of time. You will have been doing so in the belief that this helps the other parent to afford to provide your child with a high quality of life.

The question of which parent pays child support depends on the time that the child spends with each parent and the incomes of each parent. If parents split custody 50/50, the child support obligation from the higher earning parent will likely be less, but as long as each parent does not earn exactly the same, it is likely that some amount will be owed.

Divorce is about money and money issues tend to bring out the worst in people. That's the first essential (and uncomfortable) thing that you need to realize about divorce. Even if you and your spouse agreed amicably to the split, the goodwill may dry right up once you start to get down to the details of how the money will be divided up.

So, what are the other uncomfortable truths about the money and divorce that you should know?

Child support obligations are designed to be as fair as possible to both parents while still providing for the needs of the child.

Unfortunately, some parents just don't like to pay up. For whatever reason, these parents -- who had plenty of money prior to the divorce -- will suddenly plead near poverty when it comes time to assign child support. Many of the parents that do this are self-employed or own their own business, so they often hide income through their business in some way.