by Stewart Sutton | Nov 12, 2015 | Firm News, General Info
I received an invitation from the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys to be listed as “one of the 10 Best Personal Injury Law Attorneys for Client Satisfaction in Maryland”. For this unsolicited honor, all I had to do was pay a $275 membership...
by Stewart Sutton | Oct 27, 2015 | Firm News, General Info
On October 1, 2015, Maryland’s new mutual consent grounds for divorce went into effect. See Family Law Code section 7-103(a)(8). This new grounds for divorce allows spouses who do not have minor children to obtain an immediate divorce, even if they are still...
by Stewart Sutton | Oct 27, 2015 | Firm News, General Info
In July 2015, Stewart A. Sutton was retained to reduce an alimony arrears to a judgment. The client was owed $112,000 in alimony. The former spouse had filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition; and he erroneously believed that the automatic stay applied to his alimony...
by Stewart Sutton | Jul 23, 2015 | Firm News
In a divorce, the parties’ Social Security benefits are not subject to division. But did you know that a person’s Social Security benefits are subject to garnishment to enforce a judgment for child support or an alimony arrears judgment? See 42 U.S.C. 659...
by Stewart Sutton | May 7, 2015 | Firm News
On October 1, 2015, Maryland will recognize a new grounds for divorce for spouses without a child in common. Such couples are eligible for divorce if they enter into a written separation agreement that resolves all of their economic, and they both appear for the...
