Hiring a lawyer is expensive. Divorce and custody cases can turn into battles that cost a lot of money. But it does not have cost you as much as it does and that is because, in part, other law offices charge you for actions that they do not have to...
In Maryland, child support is calculated in most cases using a formula called the Maryland Child Support Guidelines. “The Guidelines” considers the number of children in the family, each parent’s income, any alimony paid or received, the current custody and...
by Thomas Mulinazzi An old friend called yesterday and asked me, “What does it mean if I have the tie breaker authority?” He said he did a Google search for the “best divorce attorney in Howard County” and my name popped up. He figured why not give me a call since we...
Can grandparents petition for custody of a child temporarily living with them? Question: My wife has a 5-year-old son from a previous relationship. The child had been living with my wife’s parents prior to us getting married. The closest thing he...
People talk about divorce. They talk about their own divorces and they talk about what they think they know about other people’s divorces. You hear information, advice or supposed facts from friends, family members, your hairstylist, or someone at the gym. There’s a...
If you and your spouse own a home (this applies to multiple homes as well), as part of the divorce you will need to “divide the property.” What does that mean exactly? Well, technically the property could be divided or partitioned but that is an unreasonable and...
by Thomas Mulinazzi After a case is filed certain behaviors are expected of the litigants in a divorce case. Unfortunately, for the litigant very few, if any, of these expectations are written down anywhere and the Court will not provide this information. Most...
Mulinazzi Law Office is proud to receive the 2014 Client’s Choice Award from avvo.com. Avvo is the most popular legal Q&A forum and directory.We are also honored to be selected as the Howard Magazine Reader’s Choice Best of 2014 Family Law Office – Honorable...
“Mary” called MVLS in a panic. After just a year of marriage, her husband started abusing drugs and alcohol and turned violently abusive. After he held a knife to her throat, she feared for her own life and for the safety of her baby. She fled to safety, but...
LAWYER VOLUNTEERS CAN’T MEET THE DEMAND By Tricia Bishop, The Baltimore Sun Michael Bell’s body is dying of ALS, a fatal disease that has steadily robbed him of speech and muscle control. But his spirit still has fight.So when his daughter’s mother threatened to keep...
