Asking for a modification to a custody agreement -- when you don't have the agreement of your ex-spouse -- is a very big deal. The court generally hates to make changes to an existing agreement without a good reason.
1 killed, others injured in Maryland car accident
When a teenager heads away to a cheerleading competition, the worst news parents expect to hear is that someone broke an arm or a leg in a bad fall -- not that their child has been injured or killed in an accident on the road. Unfortunately, that's what happened after several Virginia teenagers were in a multicar accident while traveling in Maryland for a competition.
Can your ex just refuse you visitation in a Maryland divorce?
People going through a divorce may be willing to do things they would usually find immoral or inappropriate. Even someone who has always had an egalitarian approach toward parenting may change when it is their family going through a divorce. Someone you thought you loved and knew can change into a total stranger through the course of a divorce.
The government shutdown and your divorce
The government shutdown that started in late 2018 and carried over in 2019 is now officially the longest in the history of the United States. That's bad news for a lot of people. Could it also affect your divorce?
How custody agreements have changed (mostly for the better)
Years ago, custody arrangements between divorced couples pretty much looked alike from one family to the next. The divorced mom had primary custody (and all the headaches of raising children mostly alone). The divorced dad was relegated to seeing his kids only on a couple weeknights a month and alternate weekends and usually felt (rightfully) estranged from their daily lives.
Divorce and taxes: What you should know
Couples that have recently ended their marriages or who are still in that process need to know how to handle one major obligation: their taxes.
