divorce

The following are the divorces for the month of September

In 2014, three separate and independent groups of experts found that children do much better with shared parenting — joint custody — on multiple measures of wellbeing than with single parenting. Yet in more than eight out of 10 custody cases today, one parent — usually the mother — is awarded sole guardianship.

A judge ruled Wednesday that the divorce file of Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman must remain open to the public.

Inquiries from The Baltimore Sun brought to light a public official's divorce case that was sealed from public view.

Like a lot of break ups, the end of Nick Bergeris' marriage was complicated, according to court documents.

It's the finale! As in, "thank God it's finally over!"

Noel Tshiani wasn't at his wedding – he listened by phone in another country to the ceremony in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to court records – but he's just as married as if he'd stood at his bride's side. And soon, he'll be just as divorced and responsible for alimony and child support, a Maryland court has ruled.

Legalizing gay marriage in other countries and states has not created the disasters critics of gay marriage predict.

Maryland will recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, the state's highest court said Friday in a same-sex divorce ruling that advocates hailed as historic.

An Elkridge woman whose husband is accused of killing his first wife two decades ago is seeking a divorce

Maryland's Court of Appeals is threatening to upend thousands of years of tradition about the dissolution of marriages.

Maryland has no policies or laws for same-sex marriages that covers divorce. But it soon may. The Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear next month the appeal by two women whose request for an uncontested divorce was denied. A ruling could set a precedent that all Maryland judges must follow.

Howard County support groups

Can same-sex couples who were married in other states where such unions were legal get divorced in Maryland, where gay marriage is illegal?

Groups that meet in Howard County