Cheating in the 21st Century – How Adultery Has Changed in the Digital Age and How to Prove It
Sep 22, 2021
\* Adultery in the Digital Age: “Life is Short. Have an Affair” is the catchphrase on the website which calls itself “the most famous name in infidelity.…” Ashley Madison claims that it “is the most s...
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Q&A - Divorce and the Holidays: Keeping Spirits Bright
May 07, 2020
What makes the holidays especially challenging for divorced families? What makes the holidays especially challenging for divorced families? In divorce, you often dwell on the past. You may not have so...
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Challenges of Coronavirus for Divorced and Blended Families
May 07, 2020
Carlos Lastra, co-chair of our Family Law practice, says the coronavirus is wreaking havoc on divorced and blended families. Here is a Q&A on the challenges of COVID-19 on divorced and blended familie...
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Cheating in the 21st Century
Aug 25, 2016
How Adultery Has Changed in the Digital Age and How to Prove It "Life is Short. Have an Affair" is the catchphrase on the website which calls itself "the most famous name in infidelity...." Ashley Mad...
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HIDING ASSETS IN A DIVORCE: You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide ; Or Can You?
Aug 16, 2013
What Criminal Law Taught Me about Division of Assets in a Divorce
Multiple Foreign Numbered Accounts, Offshore and Shell Corporations, Family Owned Businesses with Perishable Inventory, Multiple Holdi...
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Alimony & Cohabitation in MD: What to do when the ex shacks up with someone new?
May 16, 2012
Cohabitation In Maryland
A question heard time and time again - asks why the payor of alimony should have to continue to support their former spouse when they are in a new relationship with all the ...
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Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA): Impact on Same-sex Marriage in Maryland & Washington, DC
Feb 09, 2012
DOMAs Implications and Effects
On September 21, 1996, President William Jefferson Clinton signed into law federal statutory provisions known as the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which requires the f...
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Family Law & Same-sex or Gay Marriage in Maryland
Dec 01, 2011
It is probably inevitable that there will be a national consensus on gay marriage, Vice President, Joe Biden, told Meet the Press.
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to permit same-sex...
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Alimony Modification, Extension and Termination in Maryland
Dec 15, 2009
Modification of Alimony Amount Unless excluded expressly to Court modification, either party may petition the Court for an increase or decrease in the amount of an alimony award as circumstances and ...
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Alimony Pendente Lite in Maryland
Dec 15, 2009
Fault and/or Grounds for Divorce Fault for the break-up of the marriage has traditionally no bearing on alimony pendente lite. In fact, the spouse seeking pendente lite alimony need only allege a gr...
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