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Maryland Boating Accidents Can Be Catastrophic

The vast majority of Maryland’s population lives within a short drive of the Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, and dozens of other major navigable waterways.  Even residents of Garrett County are within a short drive of Deep Creek Lake, a … Continue reading

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Social Media Becoming a Leading Cause of Divorce

The Information Age has ushered in a wave of useful tools for modern living.  Social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and others are now ubiquitous fixtures in the daily lives of most Americans.  With this explosion of social media, … Continue reading

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Why Maryland Personal Injury Cases Sometimes Fail

When you are injured as a result of someone else’s negligence, you want to recover as much as you possibly can for your medical bills, property damage, lost wages, and your pain and suffering.  Unfortunately, hundreds of Marylanders miss out … Continue reading

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Can a Child Choose Who Gets Custody?

The short answer is no, but it would be unwise to dismiss the idea entirely.  In recent years, courts in Maryland have increasingly become more willing to hear testimony from children in order to make the determination of which parent … Continue reading

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DC Metro Area Poses Heightened Accident Risk

For anyone who has ever driven on the Capital Beltway, taken a local bus, or ridden the Washington Metro, it should come as no surprise that the Washington, D.C. capital area rivals almost any major metropolitan area in terms of … Continue reading

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What Should I Bring to a Maryland Divorce Consultation?

Divorce is sure to be a stressful and emotional time for any person.  It is during this period of stress and emotion that a divorcing party must pick an attorney to represent their interests.  Although Maryland is following the national … Continue reading

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Death Linked to Energy Drinks

Millions of times each week, Americans reach for an energy boost from caffeinated drinks.  The caffeinated drink of choice remains coffee, but there is a growing market for “energy shots” and carbonated caffeine-infused energy drinks.  The appeal of these drinks … Continue reading

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Maryland Third-Party Custody and Visitation

In Maryland and other states across the country, it is common for custody and visitation laws to be written under the strong presumption that the biological parents of a child have the strongest claim to custody of that child.  In … Continue reading

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“Divorce Coaches” Becoming More Popular

Any Maryland divorce attorney will tell you that divorces are, on average, far more complicated now than they were in previous decades.  Much of this complexity can be attributed to overall shifts in societal norms as well as the ever-changing … Continue reading

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Modern Women Continue to Pay More Alimony

There is a growing trend in Maryland that closely mirrors the same trend nationwide.  As gender roles continue to change and women increasingly become the higher wage earners in American families, the number of instances in which a divorcing wife … Continue reading

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