Grounds are Not Coffee Residue

If you want to get divorced anywhere in the United States, you have to have a legal reason to get divorced.  Not only can you not get divorced without a legal reason, you can’t even file for divorce.  A “ground” for divorce is the legal reason the state law gives to allow divorce.

In Maryland, we have two basic kinds of “ground” for divorce, those based on time and those based on some fault of one of the parties.  Some of the “faults” in Maryland also require a specific time period.

So it should be pretty easy to figure out which “ground” applies to your case, right?  Just look it up in the book, or better still, check online.  Wrong!

The courts in Maryland have interpreted all of our statutes in very specific ways.  Also, the law changes every year.  Sometimes it changes a lot, sometimes, a little, but if you don’t know where or how to look, you can get burned.

If you want to know more about whether and how you can ask for a divorce using the correct legal reason, call us today and arrange for an Initial Office Conference.  We’d be happy to help you!