Q: What are a spouse’s legal rights in Maryland regarding jointly owned or individually owned real estate in the event of a marital breakup or divorce? Arlena Gakuba, Owings Mills A: Under Maryland ...

Under Maryland law prior to 1978, at the end of a marriage, legal title was the only factor in disposing of real estate. For example, legal title in a home required that it be distributed to the ...

ROCKVILLE, MD, UNITED STATES, November 28, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- Hecht & Associates, LLC continues to address the complex landscape of Maryland’s marital property division laws through a ...

A married couple can agree that property they buy as husband and wife belongs solely to him or her without expressly stating in the agreement that the property is “non-marital,” Maryland’s top court ...

For those in any doubt, the state’s highest court has reaffirmed that a husband’s pension benefits under a disability retirement plan were marital property subject to division with his former wife.

As unpleasant as it may be to think about, sometimes marriages end up in divorce. A marriage ending doesn’t need to cause major financial harm, though. It’s imperative to know the divorce laws in your ...

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