Capital Family & Divorce Law Group

It is highly recommended that parties entering into marriage consider a prenuptial agreement. This is certainly the case if one or both parties have substantial non-marital assets they would like to protect in case of a divorce. It is also important if one or more of the parties has a business or a family business that he/she would like to insulate in the event of a future divorce. Moreover, by spelling out how assets will be divided in a divorce, it can avoid hundreds of thousands of dollars in litigation in the future, should the parties decide to get divorced.

In the State of Maryland, courts use the equitable distribution model to divide up marital property in a divorce. This means that you may or may not get 50% of the marital assets accumulated during your marriage. Of course, with the aid of an experienced attorney, you may divide your property equally in a marital settlement agreement and the court will sanction that agreement upon your divorce. If you leave your property to be divided by the court, it is uncertain as to the outcome of that division and there are many factors the court must take into account when dividing marital property.