Judgment for alimony arrears

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...

Maryland’s new wage lien law

In 2013, Maryland enacted a law that authorizes an employee who is owed wages to file a lien against his or her employer’s property.  Maryland Labor & Employment Code section 3-1101 et seq.   An employee asserts a lien for wages owed by preparing a Notice of...