Are there child custody and child support issues?
When a couple with children go through divorce proceedings, the court will adjudicate issues of custody and child support. Often parents are able to put aside their differences and agree on a reasonable custody and child support arrangement. Cases become complicated when parents cannot decide who will care for the children, where the children will live, where they will go to school, and how decisions will be made concerning education, religion, and upbringing. The court will step in and make the decision, but the court will only do so after a lengthy and often costly fact-finding process, often involving child psychologists and even attorneys to represent the children, at the expense of one or both parents. 3. What are the grounds for your divorce? In Maryland, you and your spouse cannot get a divorce just because one (or both) of you would like to be divorced. You must establish “grounds” for the divorce in court. Theavailable grounds for divorce include voluntary and mutual separatio
