Legal advice on Divorce in Maryland

My wife and I have been separated for 9 years and she lives and NC and I now live in Md, because in September I sold our home and she happily got more than half the proceeds. She recently sent me via her attorney, certified mail a compliant for simple uncontested divorce and be granted an absolute divorce and marriage dissolve and I agree with that and her 7 other allegations. What should I do with this document that says "be treated as an affidavit for purposes of Summary Judgment". Do I need to fill out the Return of Service? It was sent on the 14th, received on the 25th and I go on a cruise vacation this Saturday, til Dec 14th which will be 30 days. So I guess time is of essence? Thank you in Advance!

I'm in a divorce and my divorcing spouse will not sign a settlement agreement unless I promise to have a lawsuit dropped. The lawsuit is brought against them by a third party (which I have no authority over..best I can do is ask them), which is public knowledge I have no authority over and which divorcing spouse has been explicitly told I have no authority over. If I sign anyway, can I be held responsible for that?

Hi I am married it will be six years this Saturday. My husband had a full time job the first the first two years of our marriage. and was doing freelance after that. He is barely has income now. My question is will he benefit or get part of my pension during retirement if we divorce. We live in Maryland. Thank you.

I have moved out of the marital home with my children which was located in Prince William County, VA. The children and I are now located in Prince Georges County, MD. I would like to enroll the children in school here in MD but the other parent disagrees. He also objects to the children living in Maryland. He is also refusing to talk to me about custody arrangements. He refusal to effectively communicate with me is making our Co-parenting relationship harder than it should be. I now know that I have to get the courts involved. The children and I have only been in Maryland for 2 months. Can I file for custody and divorce in MD although I have not been resident of the state for 6 months? If I file in MD can the other parent file in VA and have my case thrown out since VA still has jurisdiction? Will MD courts take my case although I have not been in the state for 6 months?

This is for a absolute divorce

My wife and I are separated. I have already filed for divorce. However I am seeing that this is going to be a long process. In the mean time I need to buy a car. I don’t want to buy one just to lose it in the divorce. I’m hoping there is a way to do this

We were married 32 years when we got divorced in 2018 my husband asked me not to take half of his pension that he will take care of me. He said this in front of the magistrate when we got divorced. All I got was my car. Nothing else he kept the house and everything. I was very very stressed at the time very scared to be truthful. We had 3 children at home and they stayed with him I didn’t work I was a stay at home mom at the time for 16 years our youngest has Down syndrome.

He is aware of the 30 days and since the decree to start payment Feb 1, he chronically has paid by check at end of month by USPS mail. On one occasion the bank rejected the check because of his illegible handwriting and my account was overdrawn as a result. When I moved in June he was angry that I did not share a physical address to prevent him from stalking me and gave him the bank routing for Zelle payment. So he skipped that month as punishment but finally yielded to sending the next month payment electronically. I intend to send an email with the accounting to give him an opportunity to correct, but he's a gaslighter and emotional abuser so he will very likely reject my request.

I was awarded the house in my separation agreement and supposed to refinance in 6 months. I missed the 6 month window by one day and my ex-husband refused to sign the quit claim deed. I filed for contempt but since I missed the window he was not in contempt but our separation agreement has no stipulations for what to do with the house if I did not refinance within 6 months. I am currently living in the house and have been paying all the bills for 2 years. He now is trying to tell me his name is on the house so he is moving back in. Can he do that? I have a separative agreement signed saying he has divested all interest in the house.

I have primary physical. We have joint legal. I have tie breaking authority. I was active duty military when we negotiated our custody agreement. We made sure to cover what visitation would look like if we lived close by or in different states. The agreement was filed in Anne Arundel County but I got stationed in FL in March 2022. The first year after it was signed, my coparent did not exercise any of his visitation. Towards the end of 2022, he said he was going to move to FL even though I told him I was facing a medical discharge from the military and would be moving back to MD by July 2023. He said he understood and would move back to Maryland when the time came (this is all on text). The time has come. I retired in July. I agreed to try to make it by for a few months so he could get more work experience but I have been struggling financially. Now he is saying he is not coming with us to MD. He says he doesn't want to uproot his life again. Yesterday, he sent a text stating I don't have his consent to leave the state of FL with the kids. Could I lose custody for moving back home to be closer to family? If I ask the court for permission to move, do I file in MD or FL?