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COVID Court closures are expected to create a significant backlog of family cases and delays getting to trial and resolution. This is especially difficult for families whose complex situation calls for Court intervention, but access to the Court has been quite limited. What options do these families have while they await rescheduled hearing and trial dates & their day in Court?
This series of articles explores options to help stabilize families in crisis through:
The National Institutes of Health has reported on the increased risk of family violence during the COVID-19 pandemic and cautioned domestic violence rates may even increase far after the pandemic dies down. The stay-at-home orders issued in the State of Maryland places many individuals at risk for domestic violence and increases the risk for others who already suffer from regular abuse at home. Victims of domestic violence are now required to perpetually be within harm’s reach of their abusive partners or family.
COVID Court closures are expected to create a significant backlog of family cases and delays getting to trial and resolution. This is especially difficult for families whose complex situation calls for Court intervention, but access to the Court has been quite limited. What options do these families have while they await rescheduled hearing and trial dates & their day in Court?
This series of articles explores options to help stabilize families in crisis through:
The global pandemic will have a lasting effect on all ways of life as we know it. Unfortunately, one of those effects involves our relationships with others. As we are spending more time at home with our loved ones, it is not uncommon for arguments to arise. Our attorneys have compiled some tips to help you and your spouse get through these troubling times with minimal interference to your marriage. Although we are always here to provide counsel, we hope that you might be able to save your marriage before it reaches a breaking point.
COVID Court closures are expected to create a significant backlog of family cases and delays getting to trial and resolution. This is especially difficult for families whose complex situation calls for Court intervention, but access to the Court has been quite limited. What options do these families have while they await rescheduled hearing and trial dates & their day in Court?
This series of articles explores options to help stabilize families in crisis through:
COVID Court closures are expected to create a significant backlog of family cases and delays getting to trial and resolution. This is especially difficult for families whose complex situation calls for Court intervention, but access to the Court has been quite limited. What options do these families have while they await rescheduled hearing and trial dates & their day in Court?
This series of articles explores options to help stabilize families in crisis through:
COVID Court closures are expected to create a significant backlog of family cases and delays getting to trial and resolution. This is especially difficult for families whose complex situation calls for Court intervention, but access to the Court has been quite limited. What options do these families have while they await rescheduled hearing and trial dates & their day in Court?
This series of articles explores options to help stabilize families in crisis through:
· Parent Coordination
With families of divorce, summer is often a time that kids spend significant amounts of time with non-primary custodial parents. Even in an ordinary summer, extended visits with that parent are often accompanied with anxiety and trepidation. Parents worry: Will her father make sure she does her summer school work? His mother won’t give him his medications. He does not worry about Sarah’s allergies. Where will they be staying? I need to know! The kids have their own concerns: Will I get to see my friends? I don’t like it there.
If you have time on your hands, seize the opportunity to catch up on those “to do’s” needing wrap up after your child support or alimony case. Check out these tips to see if any apply to your support order or agreement.
Tip 1: Timing
Confirm & calendar:
· Due dates for payments.
· Termination events & dates of final payments.
You may find yourself with time on your hands while staying at home. This is an opportunity to catch up on the “to do’s” that still need tending after your child custody and parenting case has finished.
The relief of the end of a case usually leads to a new normal, followed by forgetting those items that still need tending. Now may be a good time to wrap up that outstanding to do list.
Tip 1: Make a Calendar