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Why You Need a Special Needs Trust in Maryland

Estate Planning

Estate planning is a crucial step in ensuring your loved ones are taken care of and your wishes are honored after you pass away. For families with a special needs beneficiary, establishing a special needs trust (SNT) is essential. Here’s why having a special needs...

Why You Need a Trust: Avoiding Probate and Protecting Your Assets

Estate Planning

Estate planning is a crucial step in ensuring your loved ones are taken care of and your wishes are honored after you pass away. One of the most effective tools in estate planning is a trust. Here’s why having a trust in place is essential: What is a Trust? A trust is...

Should my child have her own attorney?

Divorce Questions and Answers

By Thomas Mulinazzi MLO/Mulinazzi Law Office In any family law case where custody is an issue, the Court is charged with taking the evidence presented by both parties and making a custody decision that it believes is in the best interests of any child(ren). However,...

Who has to leave the house during a divorce?

Divorce Questions and Answers

Is the Husband required to leave the marital home? By Thomas Mulinazzi, Esq. MLO/Mulinazzi Law Office Columbia, Howard County, Maryland Figuring out who has to leave the house during a divorce is tricky because, there is no rule that says one spouse or the other must...

Child’s mother refuses to let me get my child evaluated for autism …What can I do?

Divorce Questions and Answers

What can I do if mother refuses to have child evaluated for autism? Question: My 3 year old is showing some autistic behavior. I want to get him tested, so we can better raise him. My child’s mother has final say when it comes to medical. She absolutely have no...

My Ex Filed Contempt Against Me – What Can I Do?

Divorce Law

 If your ex filed a Petition for Contempt against you, she must prove that you are violating a term in an existing order. If there is no Order, then there is no Contempt. Also, if the Order’s language is not clear it is unlikely that you can be in contempt. What...

Child Support Questions and Answers

Custody

In this post we will provide child support questions and answers for you. My ex says that he pays child support so he doesn’t have to pay anything else, is this true?   A child support payment does cover a lot but there are other additional costs that must be shared...

How can I get my pre-marital share of our house?

Divorce Questions and Answers

My boyfriend and I purchased a home together and then we got married. A few years later things went south and he signed a quit claim deed and removed his name from the title. We never got divorced. Does he have rights to the home since he removed his name from the...

Child Support Questions

Custody

How much child support do I have to pay if the custodial parent continues to be unemployed ? Custody has recently changed and now I am the non-custodial parent. Custodial parent is voluntarily impoverished and has been unemployed now for 6 years. Can they file for and...

Divorce Agreements: Can I file them in Court?

Divorce Questions and Answers

Question: In a pending divorce case, I want to file a signed agreement with the court so the case can be uncontested.  How can I submit the agreement correctly? Answer: If you and your spouse have reached a mutual agreement, or what the court refers to as a Marital...